#4A9DD8#4A9DD8

#4A9DD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.119 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9DD8
RGB	rgb(74, 157, 216)
HSL	hsl(205, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(205, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 27.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.10, -6.88, -37.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.10, 38.09, 259.60°)
OKLab	oklab(66.98% -0.0551 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(66.98% 0.119 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2710, 30.5248, 69.4071)
Luminance	0.3053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9DD8 #D8854A

analogous

#4AD8CC #4A9DD8 #4A56D8

triadic

#4A9DD8 #D84A9D #9DD84A

tetradic

#4A9DD8 #CC4AD8 #D8854A #56D84A

square

#4A9DD8 #CC4AD8 #D8854A #56D84A

split-complementary

#4A9DD8 #D84A56 #D8CC4A

monochromatic

#1E5D8A #297FBC #4A9DD8 #7CB8E3 #AFD4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#4A9DD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#4A9DD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9DD8

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9DD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9DD8	1.00	2.96	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829EDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F90D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9dd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 157, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.119 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9e4',
    500: '#4a9dd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9dd8;
$custom-light: #8bb9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9dd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.93,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66984,
    "c": 0.11909,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9DD8

secondary

#DCBAA2

accent

#8640E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9DD8

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

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