#4997DD#4997DD

#4997DD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.130 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4997DD
RGB	rgb(73, 151, 221)
HSL	hsl(208, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(208, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 31.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.58, -1.95, -42.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.58, 42.69, 267.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% -0.0483 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.13 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8605, 28.7673, 72.5297)
Luminance	0.2877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4997DD #DD8F49

analogous

#49DDD9 #4997DD #494DDD

triadic

#4997DD #DD4997 #97DD49

tetradic

#4997DD #D949DD #DD8F49 #4DDD49

square

#4997DD #D949DD #DD8F49 #4DDD49

split-complementary

#4997DD #DD494D #DDD949

monochromatic

#1B5991 #2579C4 #4997DD #7DB4E7 #B0D2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#4997DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#4997DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4997DD

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4997DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4997DD	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789AE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#638CDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4997dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 151, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.130 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb5e8',
    500: '#4997dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4997dd;
$custom-light: #8bb5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4997dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.378,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65843,
    "c": 0.12997,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4997DD

secondary

#DFBFA3

accent

#8F3CEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4997DD

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

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