#4A9CD4#4A9CD4

#4A9CD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.115 H 241.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9CD4
RGB	rgb(74, 156, 212)
HSL	hsl(204, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(204, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 26.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.64, -7.64, -35.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.64, 36.76, 258.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.56% -0.0554 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(66.56% 0.115 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5916, 29.9835, 66.6606)
Luminance	0.2999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9CD4 #D4824A

analogous

#4AD4C7 #4A9CD4 #4A57D4

triadic

#4A9CD4 #D44A9C #9CD44A

tetradic

#4A9CD4 #C74AD4 #D4824A #57D44A

square

#4A9CD4 #C74AD4 #D4824A #57D44A

split-complementary

#4A9CD4 #D44A57 #D4C74A

monochromatic

#1F5B84 #2B7DB6 #4A9CD4 #7BB7E0 #ADD2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#4A9CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#4A9CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9CD4

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9CD4	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839CD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708FD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 156, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.115 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9e1',
    500: '#4a9cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9cd4;
$custom-light: #8ab9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.348,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66558,
    "c": 0.11539,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9CD4

secondary

#D9B8A0

accent

#8543E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9CD4

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

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