#4A9CED#4A9CED

#4A9CED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.144 H 250.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9CED
RGB	rgb(74, 156, 237)
HSL	hsl(210, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(210, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 34.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.80, 0.76, -47.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.80, 48.00, 270.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% -0.0481 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.144 250.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9929, 31.3440, 84.5737)
Luminance	0.3135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9CED #ED9B4A

analogous

#4AEDED #4A9CED #4A4AED

triadic

#4A9CED #ED4A9C #9CED4A

tetradic

#4A9CED #ED4AED #ED9B4A #4AED4A

square

#4A9CED #ED4AED #ED9B4A #4AED4A

split-complementary

#4A9CED #ED4A4A #EDED4A

monochromatic

#115FAC #177EE3 #4A9CED #82BAF3 #B9D9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#4A9CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#4A9CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9CED

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9CED	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6091EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 156, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.144 250.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb8f3',
    500: '#4a9ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9ced;
$custom-light: #8eb8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.816,
    "s": 81.91,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6785,
    "c": 0.14445,
    "h": 250.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9CED

secondary

#E8C9AB

accent

#7207DE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1117

muted

#7E8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9CED

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

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