#4A9DBD#4A9DBD

#4A9DBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.093 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9DBD
RGB	rgb(74, 157, 189)
HSL	hsl(197, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 16.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.99, -15.57, -24.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.99, 28.68, 237.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% -0.0645 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.093 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0627, 29.2415, 52.5103)
Luminance	0.2924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9DBD #BD6A4A

analogous

#4ABDA4 #4A9DBD #4A64BD

triadic

#4A9DBD #BD4A9D #9DBD4A

tetradic

#4A9DBD #A44ABD #BD6A4A #64BD4A

square

#4A9DBD #A44ABD #BD6A4A #64BD4A

split-complementary

#4A9DBD #BD4A64 #BDA44A

monochromatic

#265567 #367A94 #4A9DBD #77B5CD #A4CEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#4A9DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#4A9DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9DBD

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9DBD	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 157, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.093 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bad1',
    500: '#4a9dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9dbd;
$custom-light: #87bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.696,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65735,
    "c": 0.09308,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9DBD

secondary

#CBA698

accent

#7652D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9DBD

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

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