#4A9DC3#4A9DC3

#4A9DC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.098 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9DC3
RGB	rgb(74, 157, 195)
HSL	hsl(199, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 19.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, -13.68, -27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 30.36, 243.21°)
OKLab	oklab(66% -0.0622 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(66% 0.098 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7275, 29.5074, 56.0115)
Luminance	0.2951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9DC3 #C3704A

analogous

#4AC3AC #4A9DC3 #4A60C3

triadic

#4A9DC3 #C34A9D #9DC34A

tetradic

#4A9DC3 #AC4AC3 #C3704A #60C34A

square

#4A9DC3 #AC4AC3 #C3704A #60C34A

split-complementary

#4A9DC3 #C34A60 #C3AC4A

monochromatic

#24576E #347B9C #4A9DC3 #78B6D2 #A6CFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#4A9DC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#4A9DC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9DC3

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9DC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9DC3	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9BC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9dc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 157, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.098 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bad5',
    500: '#4a9dc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9dc3;
$custom-light: #88bad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9dc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.843,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65998,
    "c": 0.09803,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9DC3

secondary

#CFAB9A

accent

#7A4EDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9DC3

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

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