#4A9CD3#4A9CD3

#4A9CD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.114 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9CD3
RGB	rgb(74, 156, 211)
HSL	hsl(204, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(204, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 26.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.60, -7.97, -35.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.60, 36.36, 257.34°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% -0.0557 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.114 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4659, 29.9332, 65.9983)
Luminance	0.2994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9CD3 #D3814A

analogous

#4AD3C6 #4A9CD3 #4A57D3

triadic

#4A9CD3 #D34A9C #9CD34A

tetradic

#4A9CD3 #C64AD3 #D3814A #57D34A

square

#4A9CD3 #C64AD3 #D3814A #57D34A

split-complementary

#4A9CD3 #D34A57 #D3C64A

monochromatic

#205B83 #2C7DB4 #4A9CD3 #7BB7DF #ACD2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#4A9CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#4A9CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9CD3

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9CD3	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839CD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708FD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 156, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.114 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9e0',
    500: '#4a9cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9cd3;
$custom-light: #8ab9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.088,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6651,
    "c": 0.1143,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9CD3

secondary

#D9B7A0

accent

#8444E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9CD3

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

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