#4A9DD6#4A9DD6

#4A9DD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.117 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9DD6
RGB	rgb(74, 157, 214)
HSL	hsl(204, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(204, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 26.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.02, -7.54, -36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.02, 37.26, 258.33°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% -0.0557 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.117 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0140, 30.4220, 68.0537)
Luminance	0.3043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9DD6 #D6834A

analogous

#4AD6C9 #4A9DD6 #4A57D6

triadic

#4A9DD6 #D64A9D #9DD64A

tetradic

#4A9DD6 #C94AD6 #D6834A #57D64A

square

#4A9DD6 #C94AD6 #D6834A #57D64A

split-complementary

#4A9DD6 #D64A57 #D6C94A

monochromatic

#1F5C87 #2A7FB9 #4A9DD6 #7CB8E1 #AED3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#4A9DD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#4A9DD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9DD6

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9DD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9DD6	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839ED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7090D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9dd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 157, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.117 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9e3',
    500: '#4a9dd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9dd6;
$custom-light: #8ab9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9dd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.429,
    "s": 63.063,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66885,
    "c": 0.1169,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9DD6

secondary

#DBB9A1

accent

#8542E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9DD6

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

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