#4A9EC3#4A9EC3

#4A9EC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.098 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9EC3
RGB	rgb(74, 158, 195)
HSL	hsl(198, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 19%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.52, -14.23, -26.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.52, 30.21, 241.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.23% -0.0633 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(66.23% 0.098 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.8974, 29.8472, 56.0682)
Luminance	0.2985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9EC3 #C36F4A

analogous

#4AC3AB #4A9EC3 #4A62C3

triadic

#4A9EC3 #C34A9E #9EC34A

tetradic

#4A9EC3 #AB4AC3 #C36F4A #62C34A

square

#4A9EC3 #AB4AC3 #C36F4A #62C34A

split-complementary

#4A9EC3 #C34A62 #C3AB4A

monochromatic

#24586E #347C9C #4A9EC3 #78B7D2 #A6CFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#4A9EC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#4A9EC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9EC3

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9EC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9EC3	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9CC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8FC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9ec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 158, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.098 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bad5',
    500: '#4a9ec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9ec3;
$custom-light: #88bad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9ec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.347,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66233,
    "c": 0.09772,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9EC3

secondary

#CFAA9A

accent

#794EDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9EC3

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

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