#4A9FC9#4A9FC9

#4A9FC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.103 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9FC9
RGB	rgb(74, 159, 201)
HSL	hsl(200, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(200, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 20.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.05, -12.87, -29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.05, 31.89, 246.21°)
OKLab	oklab(66.74% -0.0622 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(66.74% 0.103 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7607, 30.4665, 59.7700)
Luminance	0.3047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9FC9 #C9744A

analogous

#4AC9B4 #4A9FC9 #4A60C9

triadic

#4A9FC9 #C94A9F #9FC94A

tetradic

#4A9FC9 #B44AC9 #C9744A #60C94A

square

#4A9FC9 #B44AC9 #C9744A #60C94A

split-complementary

#4A9FC9 #C94A60 #C9B44A

monochromatic

#235A76 #317EA5 #4A9FC9 #79B8D7 #A8D1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#4A9FC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#4A9FC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9FC9

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9FC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9FC9	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9DCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7990C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9fc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 159, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.103 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bbd9',
    500: '#4a9fc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9fc9;
$custom-light: #89bbd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9fc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.843,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66736,
    "c": 0.10268,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9FC9

secondary

#D2AE9C

accent

#7B4ADD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9FC9

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

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