#4A9EB3#4A9EB3

#4A9EB3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.086 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9EB3
RGB	rgb(74, 158, 179)
HSL	hsl(192, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(192, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 11.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.92, -19.16, -18.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.92, 26.69, 224.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.56% -0.0694 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(65.56% 0.086 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1843, 29.1620, 47.0461)
Luminance	0.2916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9EB3 #B35F4A

analogous

#4AB394 #4A9EB3 #4A6AB3

triadic

#4A9EB3 #B34A9E #9EB34A

tetradic

#4A9EB3 #944AB3 #B35F4A #6AB34A

square

#4A9EB3 #944AB3 #B35F4A #6AB34A

split-complementary

#4A9EB3 #B34A6A #B3944A

monochromatic

#26525C #387888 #4A9EB3 #74B5C6 #A0CCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#4A9EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#4A9EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9EB3

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9EB3	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 158, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.086 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bac9',
    500: '#4a9eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9eb3;
$custom-light: #86bac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65557,
    "c": 0.08648,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9EB3

secondary

#C49E94

accent

#6F56D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9EB3

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

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