#4A9DC9#4A9DC9

#4A9DC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.104 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9DC9
RGB	rgb(74, 157, 201)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 21.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, -11.77, -30.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 32.31, 248.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% -0.0601 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.104 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4196, 29.7843, 59.6563)
Luminance	0.2979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9DC9 #C9764A

analogous

#4AC9B6 #4A9DC9 #4A5EC9

triadic

#4A9DC9 #C94A9D #9DC94A

tetradic

#4A9DC9 #B64AC9 #C9764A #5EC94A

square

#4A9DC9 #B64AC9 #C9764A #5EC94A

split-complementary

#4A9DC9 #C94A5E #C9B64A

monochromatic

#235976 #317DA5 #4A9DC9 #79B7D7 #A8D0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#4A9DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#4A9DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9DC9

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9DC9	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 157, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.104 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9d9',
    500: '#4a9dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9dc9;
$custom-light: #89b9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.787,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66269,
    "c": 0.10353,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9DC9

secondary

#D2AF9C

accent

#7D4ADD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9DC9

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

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