#4A9CE3#4A9CE3

#4A9CE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.132 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9CE3
RGB	rgb(74, 156, 227)
HSL	hsl(208, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(208, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 31.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.32, -2.63, -43.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.32, 43.31, 266.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% -0.0508 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.132 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5724, 30.7758, 77.0927)
Luminance	0.3078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9CE3 #E3914A

analogous

#4AE3DE #4A9CE3 #4A50E3

triadic

#4A9CE3 #E34A9C #9CE34A

tetradic

#4A9CE3 #DE4AE3 #E3914A #50E34A

square

#4A9CE3 #DE4AE3 #E3914A #50E34A

split-complementary

#4A9CE3 #E34A50 #E3DE4A

monochromatic

#185E9B #207ED0 #4A9CE3 #7FB9EB #B4D6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#4A9CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#4A9CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9CE3

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9CE3	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9FE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6790E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 156, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.132 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb8ec',
    500: '#4a9ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9ce3;
$custom-light: #8cb8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.843,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67316,
    "c": 0.13246,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9CE3

secondary

#E2C2A6

accent

#8D38F0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9CE3

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

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