#4A9ED8#4A9ED8

#4A9ED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.118 H 241.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4A9ED8
RGBrgb(74, 158, 216)
HSLhsl(205, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(205, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(65.7%, 26.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(62.39, -7.44, -37.01)
CIE-LCHlch(62.39, 37.75, 258.64°)
OKLaboklab(67.21% -0.0561 -0.1043)
OKLCHoklch(67.21% 0.118 241.7)
XYZxyz(27.4408, 30.8646, 69.4637)
Luminance0.3087 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4A9ED8 #D8844A
analogous
#4AD8CB #4A9ED8 #4A57D8
triadic
#4A9ED8 #D84A9E #9ED84A
tetradic
#4A9ED8 #CB4AD8 #D8844A #57D84A
square
#4A9ED8 #CB4AD8 #D8844A #57D84A
split-complementary
#4A9ED8 #D84A57 #D8CB4A
monochromatic
#1E5E8A #2980BC #4A9ED8 #7CB9E3 #AFD4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93
#4A9ED8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17
#4A9ED8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9ED8
7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4A9ED8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4A9ED81.002.937.177.17
#FFFFFF2.931.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1721.001.001.00
##0000007.1721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#849FDB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7091D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00ACB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4a9ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 158, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.118 241.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbae4',
    500: '#4a9ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4a9ed8;
$custom-light: #8bbae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4a9ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.507,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67212,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4A9ED8
secondary
#DCBAA2
accent
#8540E8
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F1F6FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0D1115
muted
#7E8083

Preview Lab

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#4A9ED8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva