#4A9DB8#4A9DB8

#4A9DB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.089 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9DB8
RGB	rgb(74, 157, 184)
HSL	hsl(195, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 14.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.81, -17.11, -21.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.81, 27.53, 231.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% -0.0664 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.089 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5293, 29.0282, 49.7011)
Luminance	0.2903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9DB8 #B8654A

analogous

#4AB89C #4A9DB8 #4A66B8

triadic

#4A9DB8 #B84A9D #9DB84A

tetradic

#4A9DB8 #9C4AB8 #B8654A #66B84A

square

#4A9DB8 #9C4AB8 #B8654A #66B84A

split-complementary

#4A9DB8 #B84A66 #B89C4A

monochromatic

#265361 #37788D #4A9DB8 #76B5C9 #A2CDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#4A9DB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#4A9DB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9DB8

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9DB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9DB8	1.00	3.09	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D99B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9db8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 157, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.089 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bacd',
    500: '#4a9db8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9db8;
$custom-light: #87bacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9db8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.727,
    "s": 43.651,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65523,
    "c": 0.08946,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9DB8

secondary

#C7A296

accent

#7454D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9DB8

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

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