#4A9CC0#4A9CC0

#4A9CC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.096 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9CC0
RGB	rgb(74, 156, 192)
HSL	hsl(198, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 18.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.81, -14.09, -26.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.81, 29.62, 241.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.63% -0.0623 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(65.63% 0.096 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2232, 29.0361, 54.1869)
Luminance	0.2904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9CC0 #C06E4A

analogous

#4AC0A9 #4A9CC0 #4A61C0

triadic

#4A9CC0 #C04A9C #9CC04A

tetradic

#4A9CC0 #A94AC0 #C06E4A #61C04A

square

#4A9CC0 #A94AC0 #C06E4A #61C04A

split-complementary

#4A9CC0 #C04A61 #C0A94A

monochromatic

#25556B #357A98 #4A9CC0 #77B5D0 #A5CEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#4A9CC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#4A9CC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9CC0

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9CC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9CC0	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9AC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798DC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9cc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 156, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.096 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9d3',
    500: '#4a9cc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9cc0;
$custom-light: #88b9d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9cc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.305,
    "s": 48.361,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65629,
    "c": 0.09575,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9CC0

secondary

#CDA999

accent

#7950D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9CC0

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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