#4A9CD9#4A9CD9

#4A9CD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.121 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9CD9
RGB	rgb(74, 156, 217)
HSL	hsl(206, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(206, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 28.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.86, -5.98, -38.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.86, 38.86, 261.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% -0.0538 -0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.121 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2321, 30.2397, 70.0339)
Luminance	0.3024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9CD9 #D9874A

analogous

#4AD9CE #4A9CD9 #4A55D9

triadic

#4A9CD9 #D94A9C #9CD94A

tetradic

#4A9CD9 #CE4AD9 #D9874A #55D94A

square

#4A9CD9 #CE4AD9 #D9874A #55D94A

split-complementary

#4A9CD9 #D94A55 #D9CE4A

monochromatic

#1D5C8B #287EBE #4A9CD9 #7DB8E4 #AFD3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#4A9CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#4A9CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9CD9

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9CD9	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819DDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8FD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 156, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.121 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9e5',
    500: '#4a9cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9cd9;
$custom-light: #8bb9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.594,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66805,
    "c": 0.12091,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9CD9

secondary

#DCBBA2

accent

#8840E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9CD9

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

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