#4A9EC8#4A9EC8

#4A9EC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.102 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9EC8
RGB	rgb(74, 158, 200)
HSL	hsl(200, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(200, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 21%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, -12.64, -29.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 31.76, 246.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% -0.0615 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.102 233)
XYZ	xyz(25.4722, 30.0771, 59.0954)
Luminance	0.3008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9EC8 #C8744A

analogous

#4AC8B3 #4A9EC8 #4A5FC8

triadic

#4A9EC8 #C84A9E #9EC84A

tetradic

#4A9EC8 #B34AC8 #C8744A #5FC84A

square

#4A9EC8 #B34AC8 #C8744A #5FC84A

split-complementary

#4A9EC8 #C84A5F #C8B34A

monochromatic

#235974 #327DA3 #4A9EC8 #79B7D6 #A8D0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#4A9EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#4A9EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9EC8

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9EC8	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899CCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 158, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.102 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bad8',
    500: '#4a9ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9ec8;
$custom-light: #89bad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66457,
    "c": 0.10216,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.3008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9EC8

secondary

#D2AE9C

accent

#7C4BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9EC8

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

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