#4A9CD0#4A9CD0

#4A9CD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.111 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9CD0
RGB	rgb(74, 156, 208)
HSL	hsl(203, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 25%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, -8.95, -34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 35.16, 255.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.36% -0.0567 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(66.36% 0.111 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0933, 29.7842, 64.0361)
Luminance	0.2979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9CD0 #D07E4A

analogous

#4AD0C1 #4A9CD0 #4A59D0

triadic

#4A9CD0 #D04A9C #9CD04A

tetradic

#4A9CD0 #C14AD0 #D07E4A #59D04A

square

#4A9CD0 #C14AD0 #D07E4A #59D04A

split-complementary

#4A9CD0 #D04A59 #D0C14A

monochromatic

#215A7F #2E7DAF #4A9CD0 #7BB7DD #ABD1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#4A9CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#4A9CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9CD0

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9CD0	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849CD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728FCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 156, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.111 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9de',
    500: '#4a9cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9cd0;
$custom-light: #8ab9de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.284,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66365,
    "c": 0.11111,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9CD0

secondary

#D7B59F

accent

#8246E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9CD0

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

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