#4A9EBE#4A9EBE

#4A9EBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.094 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9EBE
RGB	rgb(74, 158, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 16.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, -15.79, -24.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 28.85, 236.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.02% -0.0652 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(66.02% 0.094 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.3415, 29.6248, 53.1406)
Luminance	0.2963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9EBE #BE6A4A

analogous

#4ABEA4 #4A9EBE #4A64BE

triadic

#4A9EBE #BE4A9E #9EBE4A

tetradic

#4A9EBE #A44ABE #BE6A4A #64BE4A

square

#4A9EBE #A44ABE #BE6A4A #64BE4A

split-complementary

#4A9EBE #BE4A64 #BEA44A

monochromatic

#255668 #367B95 #4A9EBE #77B6CE #A4CEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#4A9EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#4A9EBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9EBE

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9EBE	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 158, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.094 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bad1',
    500: '#4a9ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9ebe;
$custom-light: #87bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66015,
    "c": 0.09368,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9EBE

secondary

#CBA698

accent

#7651D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9EBE

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

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