#4A9ED9#4A9ED9

#4A9ED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.119 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4A9ED9
RGBrgb(74, 158, 217)
HSLhsl(205, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(205, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(65.9%, 27.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(62.44, -7.11, -37.50)
CIE-LCHlch(62.44, 38.17, 259.27°)
OKLaboklab(67.26% -0.0558 -0.1057)
OKLCHoklch(67.26% 0.12 242.2)
XYZxyz(27.5705, 30.9164, 70.1467)
Luminance0.3092 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4A9ED9 #D9854A
analogous
#4AD9CC #4A9ED9 #4A57D9
triadic
#4A9ED9 #D94A9E #9ED94A
tetradic
#4A9ED9 #CC4AD9 #D9854A #57D94A
square
#4A9ED9 #CC4AD9 #D9854A #57D94A
split-complementary
#4A9ED9 #D94A57 #D9CC4A
monochromatic
#1D5E8B #2880BE #4A9ED9 #7DB9E4 #AFD4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92
#4A9ED9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18
#4A9ED9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9ED9
7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4A9ED9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4A9ED91.002.927.187.18
#FFFFFF2.921.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1821.001.001.00
##0000007.1821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#839FDC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7091D8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00ADB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4a9ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 158, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.119 242.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbae5',
    500: '#4a9ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4a9ed9;
$custom-light: #8bbae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4a9ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.755,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67261,
    "c": 0.1195,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4A9ED9
secondary
#DCBAA2
accent
#8540E8
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F1F6FC
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0D1115
muted
#7E8084

Preview Lab

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#4A9ED9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva