#4A9CD8#4A9CD8

#4A9CD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.120 H 243.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9CD8
RGB	rgb(74, 156, 216)
HSL	hsl(205, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(205, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.82, -6.31, -37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.82, 38.44, 260.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% -0.0541 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.12 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1025, 30.1878, 69.3509)
Luminance	0.3019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9CD8 #D8864A

analogous

#4AD8CD #4A9CD8 #4A55D8

triadic

#4A9CD8 #D84A9C #9CD84A

tetradic

#4A9CD8 #CD4AD8 #D8864A #55D84A

square

#4A9CD8 #CD4AD8 #D8864A #55D84A

split-complementary

#4A9CD8 #D84A55 #D8CD4A

monochromatic

#1E5C8A #297EBC #4A9CD8 #7CB8E3 #AFD3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#4A9CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#4A9CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9CD8

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9CD8	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819DDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8FD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 156, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.120 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9e4',
    500: '#4a9cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9cd8;
$custom-light: #8bb9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.352,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66756,
    "c": 0.1198,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9CD8

secondary

#DCBAA2

accent

#8740E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9CD8

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

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