#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
RGBrgb(74, 157, 217)
HSLhsl(205, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(205, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(65.9%, 27.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(62.15, -6.55, -37.95)
CIE-LCHlch(62.15, 38.51, 260.21°)
OKLaboklab(67.03% -0.0548 -0.107)
OKLCHoklch(67.03% 0.12 242.9)
XYZxyz(27.4006, 30.5767, 70.0900)
Luminance0.3058 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##4A9DD91.002.957.127.12
#FFFFFF2.951.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1221.001.001.00
##0000007.1221.001.001.00

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

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#4A9DD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva