#4A9DD9#4A9DD9

#4A9DD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.120 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9DD9
RGB	rgb(74, 157, 217)
HSL	hsl(205, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(205, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 27.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.15, -6.55, -37.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.15, 38.51, 260.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.03% -0.0548 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(67.03% 0.12 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4006, 30.5767, 70.0900)
Luminance	0.3058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9DD9 #D9864A

analogous

#4AD9CE #4A9DD9 #4A56D9

triadic

#4A9DD9 #D94A9D #9DD94A

tetradic

#4A9DD9 #CE4AD9 #D9864A #56D94A

square

#4A9DD9 #CE4AD9 #D9864A #56D94A

split-complementary

#4A9DD9 #D94A56 #D9CE4A

monochromatic

#1D5D8B #287FBE #4A9DD9 #7DB8E4 #AFD4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#4A9DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#4A9DD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9DD9

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9DD9	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829EDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E90D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 157, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.120 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9e5',
    500: '#4a9dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9dd9;
$custom-light: #8bb9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.175,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67033,
    "c": 0.1202,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9DD9

secondary

#DCBBA2

accent

#8640E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9DD9

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

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