#4997CD#4997CD

#4997CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.112 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4997CD
RGB	rgb(73, 151, 205)
HSL	hsl(205, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(205, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, -7.30, -34.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 35.61, 258.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% -0.0531 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.112 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.8295, 27.9549, 61.8331)
Luminance	0.2796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4997CD #CD7F49

analogous

#49CDC1 #4997CD #4955CD

triadic

#4997CD #CD4997 #97CD49

tetradic

#4997CD #C149CD #CD7F49 #55CD49

square

#4997CD #C149CD #CD7F49 #55CD49

split-complementary

#4997CD #CD4955 #CDC149

monochromatic

#22567A #2F78AA #4997CD #79B2DA #A9CEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#4997CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#4997CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4997CD

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4997CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4997CD	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F97CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8ACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4997cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.112 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5dc',
    500: '#4997cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4997cd;
$custom-light: #88b5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4997cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.545,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6503,
    "c": 0.11153,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4997CD

secondary

#D5B49D

accent

#8648E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4997CD

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

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