#4A9CE0#4A9CE0

#4A9CE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.129 H 246.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9CE0
RGB	rgb(74, 156, 224)
HSL	hsl(207, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(207, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 30.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.18, -3.64, -41.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.18, 41.94, 265.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% -0.0517 -0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.129 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1620, 30.6116, 74.9310)
Luminance	0.3061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9CE0 #E08E4A

analogous

#4AE0D9 #4A9CE0 #4A51E0

triadic

#4A9CE0 #E04A9C #9CE04A

tetradic

#4A9CE0 #D94AE0 #E08E4A #51E04A

square

#4A9CE0 #D94AE0 #E08E4A #51E04A

split-complementary

#4A9CE0 #E04A51 #E0D94A

monochromatic

#1A5E96 #237ECA #4A9CE0 #7EB9E9 #B3D5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#4A9CE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#4A9CE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9CE0

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9CE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9CE0	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E9EE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6990DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9ce0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 156, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.129 246.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb8ea',
    500: '#4a9ce0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9ce0;
$custom-light: #8cb8ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9ce0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.2,
    "s": 70.755,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67161,
    "c": 0.12894,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9CE0

secondary

#E1C0A5

accent

#8C3AEE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9CE0

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

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