#4A9EE3#4A9EE3

#4A9EE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.131 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9EE3
RGB	rgb(74, 158, 227)
HSL	hsl(207, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(207, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 30.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.89, -3.77, -42.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.89, 42.50, 264.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% -0.0528 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.131 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9108, 31.4526, 77.2055)
Luminance	0.3146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9EE3 #E38F4A

analogous

#4AE3DC #4A9EE3 #4A52E3

triadic

#4A9EE3 #E34A9E #9EE34A

tetradic

#4A9EE3 #DC4AE3 #E38F4A #52E34A

square

#4A9EE3 #DC4AE3 #E38F4A #52E34A

split-complementary

#4A9EE3 #E34A52 #E3DC4A

monochromatic

#18609B #2081D0 #4A9EE3 #7FBAEB #B4D7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#4A9EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#4A9EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9EE3

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9EE3	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A92E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 158, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.131 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbaec',
    500: '#4a9ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9ee3;
$custom-light: #8cbaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.059,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67765,
    "c": 0.13081,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9EE3

secondary

#E2C1A6

accent

#8B38F0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9EE3

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

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