#4A9CD5#4A9CD5

#4A9CD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.116 H 241.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9CD5
RGB	rgb(74, 156, 213)
HSL	hsl(205, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(205, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 26.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.68, -7.31, -36.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.68, 37.18, 258.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% -0.055 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.116 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7182, 30.0341, 67.3270)
Luminance	0.3004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9CD5 #D5834A

analogous

#4AD5C9 #4A9CD5 #4A57D5

triadic

#4A9CD5 #D54A9C #9CD54A

tetradic

#4A9CD5 #C94AD5 #D5834A #57D54A

square

#4A9CD5 #C94AD5 #D5834A #57D54A

split-complementary

#4A9CD5 #D54A57 #D5C94A

monochromatic

#1F5C86 #2B7EB7 #4A9CD5 #7CB7E1 #ADD2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#4A9CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#4A9CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9CD5

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9CD5	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829DD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8FD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 156, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.116 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9e2',
    500: '#4a9cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9cd5;
$custom-light: #8ab9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.604,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66607,
    "c": 0.11647,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9CD5

secondary

#DAB8A1

accent

#8542E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9CD5

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

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