#4A9DB0#4A9DB0

#4A9DB0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.085 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9DB0
RGB	rgb(74, 157, 176)
HSL	hsl(191, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 10.8%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.52, -19.54, -17.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.52, 26.23, 221.85°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% -0.0695 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.085 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7144, 28.7022, 45.4089)
Luminance	0.2870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9DB0 #B05D4A

analogous

#4AB090 #4A9DB0 #4A6AB0

triadic

#4A9DB0 #B04A9D #9DB04A

tetradic

#4A9DB0 #904AB0 #B05D4A #6AB04A

square

#4A9DB0 #904AB0 #B05D4A #6AB04A

split-complementary

#4A9DB0 #B04A6A #B0904A

monochromatic

#26505A #387785 #4A9DB0 #73B5C4 #9ECCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#4A9DB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#4A9DB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9DB0

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9DB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9DB0	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F98B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808DB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9db0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 157, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.085 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bac7',
    500: '#4a9db0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9db0;
$custom-light: #86bac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9db0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.176,
    "s": 40.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65196,
    "c": 0.0848,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9DB0

secondary

#C39C93

accent

#6E57D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9DB0

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

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