#4A9DC4#4A9DC4

#4A9DC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.099 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9DC4
RGB	rgb(74, 157, 196)
HSL	hsl(199, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 19.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.27, -13.37, -27.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.27, 30.67, 244.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% -0.0619 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.099 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8409, 29.5528, 56.6090)
Luminance	0.2955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9DC4 #C4714A

analogous

#4AC4AE #4A9DC4 #4A60C4

triadic

#4A9DC4 #C44A9D #9DC44A

tetradic

#4A9DC4 #AE4AC4 #C4714A #60C44A

square

#4A9DC4 #AE4AC4 #C4714A #60C44A

split-complementary

#4A9DC4 #C44A60 #C4AE4A

monochromatic

#24576F #337C9D #4A9DC4 #78B6D3 #A6CFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#4A9DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#4A9DC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9DC4

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9DC4	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9BC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788EC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 157, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.099 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bad6',
    500: '#4a9dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9dc4;
$custom-light: #88bad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.18,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66042,
    "c": 0.09891,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9DC4

secondary

#CFAB9B

accent

#7B4DDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9DC4

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

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