#4A9CC4#4A9CC4

#4A9CC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.099 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9CC4
RGB	rgb(74, 156, 196)
HSL	hsl(200, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 20.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.97, -12.82, -28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.97, 30.85, 245.44°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% -0.0608 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.099 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6725, 29.2158, 56.5528)
Luminance	0.2922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9CC4 #C4724A

analogous

#4AC4AF #4A9CC4 #4A5FC4

triadic

#4A9CC4 #C44A9C #9CC44A

tetradic

#4A9CC4 #AF4AC4 #C4724A #5FC44A

square

#4A9CC4 #AF4AC4 #C4724A #5FC44A

split-complementary

#4A9CC4 #C44A5F #C4AF4A

monochromatic

#24576F #337B9D #4A9CC4 #78B5D3 #A6CEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#4A9CC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#4A9CC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9CC4

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9CC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9CC4	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889AC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778EC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9cc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 156, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.099 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9d6',
    500: '#4a9cc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9cc4;
$custom-light: #88b9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9cc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.672,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65807,
    "c": 0.09928,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9CC4

secondary

#CFAC9B

accent

#7C4DDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9CC4

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

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