#4A9CC5#4A9CC5

#4A9CC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.100 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9CC5
RGB	rgb(74, 156, 197)
HSL	hsl(200, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 20.8%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, -12.50, -28.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 31.17, 246.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% -0.0604 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.1 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7867, 29.2615, 57.1543)
Luminance	0.2926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9CC5 #C5734A

analogous

#4AC5B0 #4A9CC5 #4A5EC5

triadic

#4A9CC5 #C54A9C #9CC54A

tetradic

#4A9CC5 #B04AC5 #C5734A #5EC54A

square

#4A9CC5 #B04AC5 #C5734A #5EC54A

split-complementary

#4A9CC5 #C54A5E #C5B04A

monochromatic

#245771 #337B9F #4A9CC5 #78B5D4 #A7CFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#4A9CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#4A9CC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9CC5

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9CC5	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889AC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 156, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.100 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9d6',
    500: '#4a9cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9cc5;
$custom-light: #88b9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65853,
    "c": 0.10018,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9CC5

secondary

#D0AD9B

accent

#7C4DDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9CC5

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

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