#4A9DB2#4A9DB2

#4A9DB2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.086 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9DB2
RGB	rgb(74, 157, 178)
HSL	hsl(192, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 58%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 11.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, -18.94, -18.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 26.49, 224.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% -0.0687 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.086 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.9137, 28.7819, 46.4588)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9DB2 #B25F4A

analogous

#4AB293 #4A9DB2 #4A69B2

triadic

#4A9DB2 #B24A9D #9DB24A

tetradic

#4A9DB2 #934AB2 #B25F4A #69B24A

square

#4A9DB2 #934AB2 #B25F4A #69B24A

split-complementary

#4A9DB2 #B24A69 #B2934A

monochromatic

#26515C #387787 #4A9DB2 #74B5C5 #9FCCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#4A9DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#4A9DB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9DB2

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9DB2	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F99B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 157, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.086 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bac9',
    500: '#4a9db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9db2;
$custom-light: #86bac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.115,
    "s": 41.27,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65276,
    "c": 0.08582,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9DB2

secondary

#C49E94

accent

#6F57D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9DB2

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

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