#4A9CD1#4A9CD1

#4A9CD1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.112 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9CD1
RGB	rgb(74, 156, 209)
HSL	hsl(204, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(204, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 25.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, -8.62, -34.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 35.55, 255.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% -0.0563 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.112 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2167, 29.8335, 64.6860)
Luminance	0.2984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9CD1 #D17F4A

analogous

#4AD1C3 #4A9CD1 #4A58D1

triadic

#4A9CD1 #D14A9C #9CD14A

tetradic

#4A9CD1 #C34AD1 #D17F4A #58D14A

square

#4A9CD1 #C34AD1 #D17F4A #58D14A

split-complementary

#4A9CD1 #D14A58 #D1C34A

monochromatic

#215B80 #2D7DB1 #4A9CD1 #7BB7DD #ACD1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#4A9CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#4A9CD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9CD1

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9CD1	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849CD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718FD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 156, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.112 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9df',
    500: '#4a9cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9cd1;
$custom-light: #8ab9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.556,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66413,
    "c": 0.11217,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9CD1

secondary

#D8B59F

accent

#8345E3

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9CD1

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

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