#4997DB#4997DB

#4997DB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.128 H 247.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4997DB
RGB	rgb(73, 151, 219)
HSL	hsl(208, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(208, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 31.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.48, -2.63, -41.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.48, 41.76, 266.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% -0.0488 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.128 247.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5957, 28.6614, 71.1347)
Luminance	0.2866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4997DB #DB8D49

analogous

#49DBD6 #4997DB #494EDB

triadic

#4997DB #DB4997 #97DB49

tetradic

#4997DB #D649DB #DB8D49 #4EDB49

square

#4997DB #D649DB #DB8D49 #4EDB49

split-complementary

#4997DB #DB494E #DBD649

monochromatic

#1C598E #2679C1 #4997DB #7CB4E5 #AFD1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#4997DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#4997DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4997DB

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4997DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4997DB	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799ADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4997db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 151, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.128 247.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb5e6',
    500: '#4997db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4997db;
$custom-light: #8bb5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4997db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.945,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65738,
    "c": 0.12759,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4997DB

secondary

#DDBEA2

accent

#8E3EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4997DB

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

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