#4A9CD7#4A9CD7

#4A9CD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.119 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9CD7
RGB	rgb(74, 156, 215)
HSL	hsl(205, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(205, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 27.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.77, -6.65, -37.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.77, 38.01, 259.93°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% -0.0544 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.119 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9736, 30.1363, 68.6722)
Luminance	0.3014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9CD7 #D7854A

analogous

#4AD7CB #4A9CD7 #4A56D7

triadic

#4A9CD7 #D74A9C #9CD74A

tetradic

#4A9CD7 #CB4AD7 #D7854A #56D74A

square

#4A9CD7 #CB4AD7 #D7854A #56D74A

split-complementary

#4A9CD7 #D74A56 #D7CB4A

monochromatic

#1E5C88 #297EBB #4A9CD7 #7CB7E2 #AED3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#4A9CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#4A9CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9CD7

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9CD7	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819DDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8FD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 156, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.119 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9e3',
    500: '#4a9cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9cd7;
$custom-light: #8ab9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.106,
    "s": 63.801,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66706,
    "c": 0.11868,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9CD7

secondary

#DBBAA2

accent

#8641E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9CD7

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

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