#4997CB#4997CB

#4997CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.109 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4997CB
RGB	rgb(73, 151, 203)
HSL	hsl(204, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(204, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 25.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.76, -7.96, -33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.76, 34.79, 256.77°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% -0.0538 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.109 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5897, 27.8590, 60.5698)
Luminance	0.2786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4997CB #CB7D49

analogous

#49CBBE #4997CB #4956CB

triadic

#4997CB #CB4997 #97CB49

tetradic

#4997CB #BE49CB #CB7D49 #56CB49

square

#4997CB #BE49CB #CB7D49 #56CB49

split-complementary

#4997CB #CB4956 #CBBE49

monochromatic

#225577 #3077A7 #4997CB #79B2D9 #A8CDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#4997CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#4997CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4997CB

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4997CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4997CB	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F97CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8ACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4997cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 151, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.109 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5db',
    500: '#4997cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4997cb;
$custom-light: #88b5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4997cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64933,
    "c": 0.10935,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4997CB

secondary

#D4B29C

accent

#8549DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4997CB

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

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