#4A9FD9#4A9FD9

#4A9FD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.119 H 241.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9FD9
RGB	rgb(74, 159, 217)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(204, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 26.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, -7.67, -37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 37.83, 258.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% -0.0568 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.119 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7418, 31.2590, 70.2037)
Luminance	0.3126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9FD9 #D9844A

analogous

#4AD9CC #4A9FD9 #4A57D9

triadic

#4A9FD9 #D94A9F #9FD94A

tetradic

#4A9FD9 #CC4AD9 #D9844A #57D94A

square

#4A9FD9 #CC4AD9 #D9844A #57D94A

split-complementary

#4A9FD9 #D94A57 #D9CC4A

monochromatic

#1D5F8B #2881BE #4A9FD9 #7DBAE4 #AFD5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#4A9FD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#4A9FD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9FD9

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9FD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9FD9	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7191D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9fd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 159, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.119 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbbe5',
    500: '#4a9fd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9fd9;
$custom-light: #8bbbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9fd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.336,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6749,
    "c": 0.11882,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9FD9

secondary

#DCBAA2

accent

#8440E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9FD9

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

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