#4A9CD6#4A9CD6

#4A9CD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.118 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9CD6
RGB	rgb(74, 156, 214)
HSL	hsl(205, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(205, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 27.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.73, -6.98, -36.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.73, 37.59, 259.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% -0.0547 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.118 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8455, 30.0850, 67.9975)
Luminance	0.3009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9CD6 #D6844A

analogous

#4AD6CA #4A9CD6 #4A56D6

triadic

#4A9CD6 #D64A9C #9CD64A

tetradic

#4A9CD6 #CA4AD6 #D6844A #56D64A

square

#4A9CD6 #CA4AD6 #D6844A #56D64A

split-complementary

#4A9CD6 #D64A56 #D6CA4A

monochromatic

#1F5C87 #2A7EB9 #4A9CD6 #7CB7E1 #AED3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#4A9CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#4A9CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9CD6

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9CD6	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829DD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8FD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 156, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.118 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9e3',
    500: '#4a9cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9cd6;
$custom-light: #8ab9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.857,
    "s": 63.063,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66657,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9CD6

secondary

#DBB9A1

accent

#8642E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9CD6

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

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