#4A9FCD#4A9FCD

#4A9FCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.106 H 235.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9FCD
RGB	rgb(74, 159, 205)
HSL	hsl(201, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 22.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.22, -11.58, -31.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.22, 33.25, 249.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% -0.0608 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.106 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2374, 30.6572, 62.2805)
Luminance	0.3066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9FCD #CD784A

analogous

#4ACDBA #4A9FCD #4A5DCD

triadic

#4A9FCD #CD4A9F #9FCD4A

tetradic

#4A9FCD #BA4ACD #CD784A #5DCD4A

square

#4A9FCD #BA4ACD #CD784A #5DCD4A

split-complementary

#4A9FCD #CD4A5D #CDBA4A

monochromatic

#225C7B #2F7FAB #4A9FCD #7AB8DA #AAD2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#4A9FCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#4A9FCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9FCD

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9FCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9FCD	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7791CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9fcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 159, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.106 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bbdc',
    500: '#4a9fcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9fcd;
$custom-light: #89bbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9fcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.069,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66919,
    "c": 0.10646,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9FCD

secondary

#D5B19E

accent

#7D48E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9FCD

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

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