#4A9EC0#4A9EC0

#4A9EC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.095 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9EC0
RGB	rgb(74, 158, 192)
HSL	hsl(197, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 17.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.41, -15.17, -25.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.41, 29.37, 238.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.1% -0.0644 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(66.1% 0.095 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5616, 29.7129, 54.2997)
Luminance	0.2972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9EC0 #C06C4A

analogous

#4AC0A7 #4A9EC0 #4A63C0

triadic

#4A9EC0 #C04A9E #9EC04A

tetradic

#4A9EC0 #A74AC0 #C06C4A #63C04A

square

#4A9EC0 #A74AC0 #C06C4A #63C04A

split-complementary

#4A9EC0 #C04A63 #C0A74A

monochromatic

#25576B #357B98 #4A9EC0 #77B6D0 #A5CFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#4A9EC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#4A9EC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9EC0

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9EC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9EC0	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9BC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9ec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 158, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.095 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bad3',
    500: '#4a9ec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9ec0;
$custom-light: #88bad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9ec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.288,
    "s": 48.361,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66101,
    "c": 0.09524,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9EC0

secondary

#CDA899

accent

#7750D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9EC0

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

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