#4A9DC5#4A9DC5

#4A9DC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.100 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9DC5
RGB	rgb(74, 157, 197)
HSL	hsl(200, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 20.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.31, -13.05, -28.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.31, 30.98, 245.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.09% -0.0615 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(66.09% 0.1 232)
XYZ	xyz(24.9551, 29.5985, 57.2104)
Luminance	0.2960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9DC5 #C5724A

analogous

#4AC5AF #4A9DC5 #4A5FC5

triadic

#4A9DC5 #C54A9D #9DC54A

tetradic

#4A9DC5 #AF4AC5 #C5724A #5FC54A

square

#4A9DC5 #AF4AC5 #C5724A #5FC54A

split-complementary

#4A9DC5 #C54A5F #C5AF4A

monochromatic

#245871 #337C9F #4A9DC5 #78B6D4 #A7CFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#4A9DC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#4A9DC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9DC5

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9DC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9DC5	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899BC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9dc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 157, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.100 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bad6',
    500: '#4a9dc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9dc5;
$custom-light: #88bad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9dc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.512,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66087,
    "c": 0.09981,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.29601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9DC5

secondary

#D0AC9B

accent

#7B4DDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9DC5

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

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