#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
RGB	rgb(74, 158, 217)
HSL	hsl(205, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(205, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 27.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.44, -7.11, -37.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.44, 38.17, 259.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.26% -0.0558 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(67.26% 0.12 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5705, 30.9164, 70.1467)
Luminance	0.3092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##4A9ED9	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4A9ED9

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

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