#4A9CDE#4A9CDE

#4A9CDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.127 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9CDE
RGB	rgb(74, 156, 222)
HSL	hsl(207, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(207, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 29.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.09, -4.31, -40.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.09, 41.05, 263.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.06% -0.0523 -0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(67.06% 0.127 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8923, 30.5038, 73.5109)
Luminance	0.3051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9CDE #DE8C4A

analogous

#4ADED6 #4A9CDE #4A52DE

triadic

#4A9CDE #DE4A9C #9CDE4A

tetradic

#4A9CDE #D64ADE #DE8C4A #52DE4A

square

#4A9CDE #D64ADE #DE8C4A #52DE4A

split-complementary

#4A9CDE #DE4A52 #DED64A

monochromatic

#1B5D93 #247EC7 #4A9CDE #7EB8E7 #B2D5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#4A9CDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#4A9CDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9CDE

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9CDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9CDE	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A90DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9cde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 156, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.127 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9e8',
    500: '#4a9cde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9cde;
$custom-light: #8bb9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9cde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.757,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67058,
    "c": 0.12661,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9CDE

secondary

#DFBFA4

accent

#8A3CEC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9CDE

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

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