#4A9DC0#4A9DC0

#4A9DC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.095 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9DC0
RGB	rgb(74, 157, 192)
HSL	hsl(198, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 18.2%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.11, -14.63, -25.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.11, 29.48, 240.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% -0.0633 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.095 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.3917, 29.3731, 54.2431)
Luminance	0.2938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9DC0 #C06D4A

analogous

#4AC0A8 #4A9DC0 #4A62C0

triadic

#4A9DC0 #C04A9D #9DC04A

tetradic

#4A9DC0 #A84AC0 #C06D4A #62C04A

square

#4A9DC0 #A84AC0 #C06D4A #62C04A

split-complementary

#4A9DC0 #C04A62 #C0A84A

monochromatic

#25566B #357B98 #4A9DC0 #77B6D0 #A5CEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#4A9DC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#4A9DC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9DC0

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9DC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9DC0	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9AC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8EC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9dc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 157, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.095 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bad3',
    500: '#4a9dc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9dc0;
$custom-light: #88bad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9dc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.797,
    "s": 48.361,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65865,
    "c": 0.09548,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9DC0

secondary

#CDA899

accent

#7850D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9DC0

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

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