#4A9DB3#4A9DB3

#4A9DB3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.086 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9DB3
RGB	rgb(74, 157, 179)
HSL	hsl(193, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 12.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.62, -18.63, -19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.62, 26.63, 225.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% -0.0683 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.086 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0145, 28.8222, 46.9895)
Luminance	0.2882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9DB3 #B3604A

analogous

#4AB394 #4A9DB3 #4A69B3

triadic

#4A9DB3 #B34A9D #9DB34A

tetradic

#4A9DB3 #944AB3 #B3604A #69B34A

square

#4A9DB3 #944AB3 #B3604A #69B34A

split-complementary

#4A9DB3 #B34A69 #B3944A

monochromatic

#26515C #387788 #4A9DB3 #74B5C6 #A0CCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#4A9DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#4A9DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9DB3

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9DB3	1.00	3.10	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.10	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)

#8F99B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 157, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.086 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bac9',
    500: '#4a9db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9db3;
$custom-light: #86bac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.571,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65317,
    "c": 0.08637,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9DB3

secondary

#C49E94

accent

#7056D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9DB3

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

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