#4A9CE6#4A9CE6

#4A9CE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.136 H 248.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9CE6
RGB	rgb(74, 156, 230)
HSL	hsl(208, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(208, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 32.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.46, -1.62, -44.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.46, 44.69, 267.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% -0.05 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.136 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9901, 30.9429, 79.2923)
Luminance	0.3095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9CE6 #E6944A

analogous

#4AE6E2 #4A9CE6 #4A4EE6

triadic

#4A9CE6 #E64A9C #9CE64A

tetradic

#4A9CE6 #E24AE6 #E6944A #4EE64A

square

#4A9CE6 #E24AE6 #E6944A #4EE64A

split-complementary

#4A9CE6 #E64A4E #E6E24A

monochromatic

#165EA0 #1D7ED5 #4A9CE6 #80B9ED #B6D7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#4A9CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#4A9CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9CE6

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9CE6	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6590E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 156, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.136 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db8ee',
    500: '#4a9ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9ce6;
$custom-light: #8db8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.462,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67474,
    "c": 0.13601,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9CE6

secondary

#E4C4A8

accent

#8F35F2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9CE6

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

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