#4A9DC2#4A9DC2

#4A9DC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.097 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9DC2
RGB	rgb(74, 157, 194)
HSL	hsl(199, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 19.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.19, -14.00, -26.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.19, 30.06, 242.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.95% -0.0626 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(65.95% 0.097 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6148, 29.4624, 55.4181)
Luminance	0.2947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9DC2 #C26F4A

analogous

#4AC2AB #4A9DC2 #4A61C2

triadic

#4A9DC2 #C24A9D #9DC24A

tetradic

#4A9DC2 #AB4AC2 #C26F4A #61C24A

square

#4A9DC2 #AB4AC2 #C26F4A #61C24A

split-complementary

#4A9DC2 #C24A61 #C2AB4A

monochromatic

#25576D #347B9B #4A9DC2 #78B6D1 #A6CFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#4A9DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#4A9DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9DC2

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9DC2	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9BC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798EC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 157, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.097 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bad4',
    500: '#4a9dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9dc2;
$custom-light: #88bad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.5,
    "s": 49.587,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65953,
    "c": 0.09716,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9DC2

secondary

#CEAA9A

accent

#794FD9

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9DC2

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

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