#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
RGB	rgb(74, 158, 216)
HSL	hsl(205, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(205, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 26.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.39, -7.44, -37.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.39, 37.75, 258.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.21% -0.0561 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(67.21% 0.118 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4408, 30.8646, 69.4637)
Luminance	0.3087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##4A9ED8	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4A9ED8

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

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