#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
RGBrgb(74, 158, 190)
HSLhsl(197, 47%, 52%)
HSVhsv(197, 61%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(61.1%, 16.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(61.33, -15.79, -24.14)
CIE-LCHlch(61.33, 28.85, 236.80°)
OKLaboklab(66.02% -0.0652 -0.0673)
OKLCHoklch(66.02% 0.094 225.9)
XYZxyz(24.3415, 29.6248, 53.1406)
Luminance0.2963 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##4A9EBE1.003.036.936.93
#FFFFFF3.031.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9321.001.001.00
##0000006.9321.001.001.00

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

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#4A9EBE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva