#4A9DEC#4A9DEC

#4A9DEC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.142 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9DEC
RGB	rgb(74, 157, 236)
HSL	hsl(209, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(209, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 33.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, -0.15, -47.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 47.07, 269.81°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% -0.0493 -0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.142 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0157, 31.6227, 83.8625)
Luminance	0.3163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9DEC #EC994A

analogous

#4AECEA #4A9DEC #4A4CEC

triadic

#4A9DEC #EC4A9D #9DEC4A

tetradic

#4A9DEC #EA4AEC #EC994A #4CEC4A

square

#4A9DEC #EA4AEC #EC994A #4CEC4A

split-complementary

#4A9DEC #EC4A4C #ECEA4A

monochromatic

#1260AA #187FE1 #4A9DEC #81BBF2 #B9D9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#4A9DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#4A9DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9DEC

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9DEC	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6392EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 157, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.142 249.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb9f2',
    500: '#4a9dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9dec;
$custom-light: #8eb9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.259,
    "s": 81,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68016,
    "c": 0.14233,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9DEC

secondary

#E8C8AA

accent

#7008DD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1117

muted

#7E8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9DEC

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

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