#4A9DCC#4A9DCC

#4A9DCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.106 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9DCC
RGB	rgb(74, 157, 204)
HSL	hsl(202, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(202, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 23%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.59, -10.80, -31.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.59, 33.37, 251.11°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% -0.0591 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.106 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7759, 29.9268, 61.5331)
Luminance	0.2993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9DCC #CC794A

analogous

#4ACCBA #4A9DCC #4A5CCC

triadic

#4A9DCC #CC4A9D #9DCC4A

tetradic

#4A9DCC #BA4ACC #CC794A #5CCC4A

square

#4A9DCC #BA4ACC #CC794A #5CCC4A

split-complementary

#4A9DCC #CC4A5C #CCBA4A

monochromatic

#225A79 #307DA9 #4A9DCC #7AB7D9 #A9D1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#4A9DCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#4A9DCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9DCC

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9DCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9DCC	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879CCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9dcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 157, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.106 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9db',
    500: '#4a9dcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9dcc;
$custom-light: #89b9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9dcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.692,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66407,
    "c": 0.10646,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9DCC

secondary

#D4B19D

accent

#7F48DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9DCC

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

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