#4997CC#4997CC

#4997CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.110 H 241.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4997CC
RGB	rgb(73, 151, 204)
HSL	hsl(204, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(204, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 26%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.80, -7.63, -34.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.80, 35.19, 257.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% -0.0534 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.11 241.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.7092, 27.9068, 61.1994)
Luminance	0.2791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4997CC #CC7E49

analogous

#49CCC0 #4997CC #4956CC

triadic

#4997CC #CC4997 #97CC49

tetradic

#4997CC #C049CC #CC7E49 #56CC49

square

#4997CC #C049CC #CC7E49 #56CC49

split-complementary

#4997CC #CC4956 #CCC049

monochromatic

#225679 #2F77A9 #4997CC #79B2D9 #A9CEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#4997CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#4997CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4997CC

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4997CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4997CC	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F97CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8ACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4997cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 151, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.110 241.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4997cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.275,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64981,
    "c": 0.11043,
    "h": 241.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4997CC

secondary

#D4B39D

accent

#8548E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4997CC

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

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