#4A9CCE#4A9CCE

#4A9CCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.109 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9CCE
RGB	rgb(74, 156, 206)
HSL	hsl(203, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 24.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.38, -9.60, -33.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.38, 34.38, 253.78°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% -0.0573 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.109 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8488, 29.6864, 62.7483)
Luminance	0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9CCE #CE7C4A

analogous

#4ACEBE #4A9CCE #4A5ACE

triadic

#4A9CCE #CE4A9C #9CCE4A

tetradic

#4A9CCE #BE4ACE #CE7C4A #5ACE4A

square

#4A9CCE #BE4ACE #CE7C4A #5ACE4A

split-complementary

#4A9CCE #CE4A5A #CEBE4A

monochromatic

#225A7C #2F7DAC #4A9CCE #7AB6DB #AAD1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#4A9CCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#4A9CCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9CCE

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9CCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9CCE	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859CD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9cce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 156, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.109 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9dd',
    500: '#4a9cce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9cce;
$custom-light: #89b9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9cce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.727,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6627,
    "c": 0.10902,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9CCE

secondary

#D6B39E

accent

#8147E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9CCE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →