#4A9DE3#4A9DE3

#4A9DE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.132 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9DE3
RGB	rgb(74, 157, 227)
HSL	hsl(207, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(207, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 30.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, -3.20, -42.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 42.90, 265.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% -0.0518 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.132 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7409, 31.1128, 77.1488)
Luminance	0.3112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9DE3 #E3904A

analogous

#4AE3DD #4A9DE3 #4A51E3

triadic

#4A9DE3 #E34A9D #9DE34A

tetradic

#4A9DE3 #DD4AE3 #E3904A #51E34A

square

#4A9DE3 #DD4AE3 #E3904A #51E34A

split-complementary

#4A9DE3 #E34A51 #E3DD4A

monochromatic

#185F9B #207FD0 #4A9DE3 #7FBAEB #B4D6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#4A9DE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#4A9DE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9DE3

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9DE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9DE3	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6991E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9de3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 157, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.132 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb9ec',
    500: '#4a9de3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9de3;
$custom-light: #8cb9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9de3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.451,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67541,
    "c": 0.13163,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9DE3

secondary

#E2C2A6

accent

#8C38F0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9DE3

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

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