#4A9EBF#4A9EBF

#4A9EBF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.094 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9EBF
RGB	rgb(74, 158, 191)
HSL	hsl(197, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 17.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.37, -15.48, -24.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.37, 29.10, 237.86°)
OKLab	oklab(66.06% -0.0648 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(66.06% 0.094 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4512, 29.6687, 53.7182)
Luminance	0.2967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9EBF #BF6B4A

analogous

#4ABFA6 #4A9EBF #4A64BF

triadic

#4A9EBF #BF4A9E #9EBF4A

tetradic

#4A9EBF #A64ABF #BF6B4A #64BF4A

square

#4A9EBF #A64ABF #BF6B4A #64BF4A

split-complementary

#4A9EBF #BF4A64 #BFA64A

monochromatic

#255669 #357B97 #4A9EBF #77B6CF #A4CEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#4A9EBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#4A9EBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9EBF

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9EBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9EBF	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)

#8C9BC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9ebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 158, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.094 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bad2',
    500: '#4a9ebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9ebf;
$custom-light: #88bad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9ebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.923,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66058,
    "c": 0.09445,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9EBF

secondary

#CCA799

accent

#7650D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9EBF

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

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