#4A9DD0#4A9DD0

#4A9DD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.111 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9DD0
RGB	rgb(74, 157, 208)
HSL	hsl(203, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 24.5%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.76, -9.51, -33.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.76, 34.87, 254.18°)
OKLab	oklab(66.6% -0.0577 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(66.6% 0.111 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2618, 30.1212, 64.0922)
Luminance	0.3012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9DD0 #D07D4A

analogous

#4AD0C0 #4A9DD0 #4A5AD0

triadic

#4A9DD0 #D04A9D #9DD04A

tetradic

#4A9DD0 #C04AD0 #D07D4A #5AD04A

square

#4A9DD0 #C04AD0 #D07D4A #5AD04A

split-complementary

#4A9DD0 #D04A5A #D0C04A

monochromatic

#215B7F #2E7EAF #4A9DD0 #7BB7DD #ABD2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#4A9DD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#4A9DD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9DD0

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9DD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9DD0	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859DD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738FCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9dd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 157, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.111 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9de',
    500: '#4a9dd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9dd0;
$custom-light: #8ab9de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9dd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.836,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66596,
    "c": 0.11052,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9DD0

secondary

#D7B49F

accent

#8146E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9DD0

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

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