#4A9DE9#4A9DE9

#4A9DE9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.139 H 248.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9DE9
RGB	rgb(74, 157, 233)
HSL	hsl(209, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(209, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 32.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.89, -1.17, -45.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.89, 45.66, 268.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% -0.0501 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.139 248.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5835, 31.4498, 81.5863)
Luminance	0.3145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9DE9 #E9964A

analogous

#4AE9E5 #4A9DE9 #4A4EE9

triadic

#4A9DE9 #E94A9D #9DE94A

tetradic

#4A9DE9 #E54AE9 #E9964A #4EE94A

square

#4A9DE9 #E54AE9 #E9964A #4EE94A

split-complementary

#4A9DE9 #E94A4E #E9E54A

monochromatic

#145FA5 #1B7FDB #4A9DE9 #81BBF0 #B7D8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#4A9DE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#4A9DE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9DE9

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9DE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9DE9	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BA0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6591E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9de9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 157, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.139 248.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db9f0',
    500: '#4a9de9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9de9;
$custom-light: #8db9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9de9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.679,
    "s": 78.325,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67856,
    "c": 0.13873,
    "h": 248.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9DE9

secondary

#E6C6A9

accent

#6E0BDB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9DE9

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

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