#4A9EC9#4A9EC9

#4A9EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.103 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9EC9
RGB	rgb(74, 158, 201)
HSL	hsl(200, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(200, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 21.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.76, -12.32, -29.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.76, 32.09, 247.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% -0.0611 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.103 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5894, 30.1240, 59.7130)
Luminance	0.3013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9EC9 #C9754A

analogous

#4AC9B5 #4A9EC9 #4A5FC9

triadic

#4A9EC9 #C94A9E #9EC94A

tetradic

#4A9EC9 #B54AC9 #C9754A #5FC94A

square

#4A9EC9 #B54AC9 #C9754A #5FC94A

split-complementary

#4A9EC9 #C94A5F #C9B54A

monochromatic

#235A76 #317EA5 #4A9EC9 #79B7D7 #A8D1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#4A9EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#4A9EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9EC9

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9EC9	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7890C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 158, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.103 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bad9',
    500: '#4a9ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9ec9;
$custom-light: #89bad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.315,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66502,
    "c": 0.10309,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9EC9

secondary

#D2AF9C

accent

#7C4ADD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9EC9

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

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