#4A9EB4#4A9EB4

#4A9EB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.087 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9EB4
RGB	rgb(74, 158, 180)
HSL	hsl(192, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(192, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 12.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.96, -18.86, -19.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.96, 26.83, 225.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% -0.069 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.087 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2858, 29.2026, 47.5807)
Luminance	0.2920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9EB4 #B4604A

analogous

#4AB495 #4A9EB4 #4A69B4

triadic

#4A9EB4 #B44A9E #9EB44A

tetradic

#4A9EB4 #954AB4 #B4604A #69B44A

square

#4A9EB4 #954AB4 #B4604A #69B44A

split-complementary

#4A9EB4 #B44A69 #B4954A

monochromatic

#26525D #387889 #4A9EB4 #75B5C6 #A0CDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#4A9EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#4A9EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9EB4

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9EB4	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808EB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 158, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.087 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86baca',
    500: '#4a9eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9eb4;
$custom-light: #86baca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.453,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65598,
    "c": 0.08702,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9EB4

secondary

#C59F95

accent

#7056D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9EB4

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

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