#4A9DCB#4A9DCB

#4A9DCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.105 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9DCB
RGB	rgb(74, 157, 203)
HSL	hsl(201, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 22.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.55, -11.13, -31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.55, 33.01, 250.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.36% -0.0594 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(66.36% 0.105 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6564, 29.8790, 60.9034)
Luminance	0.2988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9DCB #CB784A

analogous

#4ACBB8 #4A9DCB #4A5DCB

triadic

#4A9DCB #CB4A9D #9DCB4A

tetradic

#4A9DCB #B84ACB #CB784A #5DCB4A

square

#4A9DCB #B84ACB #CB784A #5DCB4A

split-complementary

#4A9DCB #CB4A5D #CBB84A

monochromatic

#235A78 #307DA8 #4A9DCB #7AB7D9 #A9D0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#4A9DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#4A9DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9DCB

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9DCB	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879CCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 157, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.105 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9db',
    500: '#4a9dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9dcb;
$custom-light: #89b9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.395,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66361,
    "c": 0.10547,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9DCB

secondary

#D4B19D

accent

#7E49DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9DCB

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

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