#4A9EE6#4A9EE6

#4A9EE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.134 H 247.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9EE6
RGB	rgb(74, 158, 230)
HSL	hsl(208, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(208, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 31.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, -2.76, -43.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 43.86, 266.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% -0.0519 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.134 247.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3285, 31.6196, 79.4051)
Luminance	0.3162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9EE6 #E6924A

analogous

#4AE6E0 #4A9EE6 #4A50E6

triadic

#4A9EE6 #E64A9E #9EE64A

tetradic

#4A9EE6 #E04AE6 #E6924A #50E64A

square

#4A9EE6 #E04AE6 #E6924A #50E64A

split-complementary

#4A9EE6 #E64A50 #E6E04A

monochromatic

#1660A0 #1D80D5 #4A9EE6 #80BBED #B6D8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#4A9EE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#4A9EE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9EE6

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9EE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9EE6	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA1E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6892E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9ee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 158, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.134 247.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbaee',
    500: '#4a9ee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9ee6;
$custom-light: #8dbaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9ee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67921,
    "c": 0.13432,
    "h": 247.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9EE6

secondary

#E4C4A8

accent

#8D35F2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9EE6

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

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