#4997BC#4997BC

#4997BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.094 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4997BC
RGB	rgb(73, 151, 188)
HSL	hsl(199, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 19.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, -12.80, -26.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 29.33, 244.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% -0.059 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.094 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8879, 27.1783, 51.6069)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4997BC #BC6E49

analogous

#49BCA7 #4997BC #495DBC

triadic

#4997BC #BC4997 #97BC49

tetradic

#4997BC #A749BC #BC6E49 #5DBC49

square

#4997BC #A749BC #BC6E49 #5DBC49

split-complementary

#4997BC #BC495D #BCA749

monochromatic

#255165 #367492 #4997BC #76B1CC #A2CADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#4997BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#4997BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4997BC

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4997BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4997BC	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8595BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7489BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4997bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 151, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.094 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5d0',
    500: '#4997bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4997bc;
$custom-light: #86b5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4997bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.304,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64233,
    "c": 0.0944,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4997BC

secondary

#CAA797

accent

#7C52D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4997BC

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

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