#4A9EC4#4A9EC4

#4A9EC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.099 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9EC4
RGB	rgb(74, 158, 196)
HSL	hsl(199, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 19.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, -13.91, -27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 30.50, 242.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% -0.0629 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.099 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0108, 29.8926, 56.6656)
Luminance	0.2989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9EC4 #C4704A

analogous

#4AC4AD #4A9EC4 #4A61C4

triadic

#4A9EC4 #C44A9E #9EC44A

tetradic

#4A9EC4 #AD4AC4 #C4704A #61C44A

square

#4A9EC4 #AD4AC4 #C4704A #61C44A

split-complementary

#4A9EC4 #C44A61 #C4AD4A

monochromatic

#24586F #337C9D #4A9EC4 #78B7D3 #A6CFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#4A9EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#4A9EC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9EC4

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9EC4	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9CC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8FC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 158, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.099 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bad6',
    500: '#4a9ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9ec4;
$custom-light: #88bad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.689,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66277,
    "c": 0.09857,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9EC4

secondary

#CFAB9B

accent

#794DDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9EC4

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

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