#4997BB#4997BB

#4997BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.094 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4997BB
RGB	rgb(73, 151, 187)
HSL	hsl(199, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, -13.12, -25.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 29.02, 243.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% -0.0593 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.094 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.7804, 27.1353, 51.0412)
Luminance	0.2714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4997BB #BB6D49

analogous

#49BBA6 #4997BB #495EBB

triadic

#4997BB #BB4997 #97BB49

tetradic

#4997BB #A649BB #BB6D49 #5EBB49

square

#4997BB #A649BB #BB6D49 #5EBB49

split-complementary

#4997BB #BB495E #BBA649

monochromatic

#255064 #367491 #4997BB #76B0CC #A2CADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#4997BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#4997BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4997BB

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4997BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4997BB	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8595BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7589BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4997bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 151, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.094 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5cf',
    500: '#4997bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4997bb;
$custom-light: #86b5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4997bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.947,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64189,
    "c": 0.09351,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4997BB

secondary

#C9A797

accent

#7C53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4997BB

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

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