#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
RGBrgb(74, 158, 214)
HSLhsl(204, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(204, 65%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(65.4%, 26.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(62.31, -8.10, -36.04)
CIE-LCHlch(62.31, 36.93, 257.34°)
OKLaboklab(67.11% -0.0568 -0.1014)
OKLCHoklch(67.11% 0.116 240.8)
XYZxyz(27.1839, 30.7618, 68.1103)
Luminance0.3076 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##4A9ED61.002.947.157.15
#FFFFFF2.941.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1521.001.001.00
##0000007.1521.001.001.00

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

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#4A9ED6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva