#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
RGBrgb(74, 156, 206)
HSLhsl(203, 57%, 55%)
HSVhsv(203, 64%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(64.1%, 24.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(61.38, -9.60, -33.02)
CIE-LCHlch(61.38, 34.38, 253.78°)
OKLaboklab(66.27% -0.0573 -0.0927)
OKLCHoklch(66.27% 0.109 238.3)
XYZxyz(25.8488, 29.6864, 62.7483)
Luminance0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##4A9CCE1.003.036.946.94
#FFFFFF3.031.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9421.001.001.00
##0000006.9421.001.001.00

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

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#4A9CCE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva