#4A9CDD#4A9CDD

#4A9CDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.125 H 245.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4A9CDD
RGBrgb(74, 156, 221)
HSLhsl(207, 68%, 58%)
HSVhsv(207, 67%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(66.5%, 29.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(62.04, -4.65, -40.34)
CIE-LCHlch(62.04, 40.61, 263.43°)
OKLaboklab(67.01% -0.0526 -0.1139)
OKLCHoklch(67.01% 0.125 245.2)
XYZxyz(27.7587, 30.4503, 72.8072)
Luminance0.3045 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4A9CDD #DD8B4A
analogous
#4ADDD5 #4A9CDD #4A52DD
triadic
#4A9CDD #DD4A9C #9CDD4A
tetradic
#4A9CDD #D54ADD #DD8B4A #52DD4A
square
#4A9CDD #D54ADD #DD8B4A #52DD4A
split-complementary
#4A9CDD #DD4A52 #DDD54A
monochromatic
#1B5D91 #257EC5 #4A9CDD #7EB8E7 #B1D4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96
#4A9CDD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09
#4A9CDD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9CDD
7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4A9CDD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4A9CDD1.002.967.097.09
#FFFFFF2.961.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0921.001.001.00
##0000007.0921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7F9EE0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6B90DC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00ACB3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4a9cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 156, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.125 245.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9e8',
    500: '#4a9cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4a9cdd;
$custom-light: #8bb9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4a9cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.531,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67007,
    "c": 0.12546,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4A9CDD
secondary
#DFBEA4
accent
#8A3DEB
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F1F6FC
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0D1116
muted
#7E8084

Preview Lab

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#4A9CDD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva