#4A9DE6#4A9DE6

#4A9DE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.135 H 247.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9DE6
RGB	rgb(74, 157, 230)
HSL	hsl(208, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(208, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 31.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.74, -2.19, -44.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.74, 44.27, 267.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% -0.0509 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.135 247.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1586, 31.2799, 79.3485)
Luminance	0.3128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9DE6 #E6934A

analogous

#4AE6E1 #4A9DE6 #4A4FE6

triadic

#4A9DE6 #E64A9D #9DE64A

tetradic

#4A9DE6 #E14AE6 #E6934A #4FE64A

square

#4A9DE6 #E14AE6 #E6934A #4FE64A

split-complementary

#4A9DE6 #E64A4F #E6E14A

monochromatic

#165FA0 #1D7FD5 #4A9DE6 #80BAED #B6D7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#4A9DE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#4A9DE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9DE6

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9DE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9DE6	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA0E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6791E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9de6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 157, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.135 247.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db9ee',
    500: '#4a9de6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9de6;
$custom-light: #8db9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9de6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.077,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67697,
    "c": 0.13516,
    "h": 247.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9DE6

secondary

#E4C4A8

accent

#8E35F2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9DE6

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

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