#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
RGBrgb(73, 151, 204)
HSLhsl(204, 56%, 54%)
HSVhsv(204, 64%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(64.2%, 26%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(59.80, -7.63, -34.36)
CIE-LCHlch(59.80, 35.19, 257.48°)
OKLaboklab(64.98% -0.0534 -0.0966)
OKLCHoklch(64.98% 0.11 241.1)
XYZxyz(24.7092, 27.9068, 61.1994)
Luminance0.2791 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##4997CC1.003.196.586.58
#FFFFFF3.191.0021.0021.00
#0000006.5821.001.001.00
##0000006.5821.001.001.00

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

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#4997CC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva