#4A9ED6#4A9ED6

#4A9ED6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.116 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9ED6
RGB	rgb(74, 158, 214)
HSL	hsl(204, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(204, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 26.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.31, -8.10, -36.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.31, 36.93, 257.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% -0.0568 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.116 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1839, 30.7618, 68.1103)
Luminance	0.3076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9ED6 #D6824A

analogous

#4AD6C8 #4A9ED6 #4A58D6

triadic

#4A9ED6 #D64A9E #9ED64A

tetradic

#4A9ED6 #C84AD6 #D6824A #58D64A

square

#4A9ED6 #C84AD6 #D6824A #58D64A

split-complementary

#4A9ED6 #D64A58 #D6C84A

monochromatic

#1F5D87 #2A80B9 #4A9ED6 #7CB9E1 #AED3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#4A9ED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#4A9ED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9ED6

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9ED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9ED6	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849ED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7190D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9ed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 158, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.116 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abae3',
    500: '#4a9ed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9ed6;
$custom-light: #8abae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9ed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 63.063,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67114,
    "c": 0.11624,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9ED6

secondary

#DBB8A1

accent

#8342E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9ED6

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

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