#4A9DC6#4A9DC6

#4A9DC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.101 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9DC6
RGB	rgb(74, 157, 198)
HSL	hsl(200, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 20.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.35, -12.73, -28.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.35, 31.30, 246.00°)
OKLab	oklab(66.13% -0.0611 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(66.13% 0.101 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0701, 29.6445, 57.8159)
Luminance	0.2965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9DC6 #C6734A

analogous

#4AC6B1 #4A9DC6 #4A5FC6

triadic

#4A9DC6 #C64A9D #9DC64A

tetradic

#4A9DC6 #B14AC6 #C6734A #5FC64A

square

#4A9DC6 #B14AC6 #C6734A #5FC64A

split-complementary

#4A9DC6 #C64A5F #C6B14A

monochromatic

#245872 #327CA0 #4A9DC6 #79B6D5 #A7CFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#4A9DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#4A9DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9DC6

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9DC6	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899BC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 157, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.101 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bad7',
    500: '#4a9dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9dc6;
$custom-light: #88bad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.839,
    "s": 52.101,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66132,
    "c": 0.10071,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9DC6

secondary

#D1AD9B

accent

#7C4CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9DC6

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

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