#4997E6#4997E6

#4997E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.141 H 251.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4997E6
RGB	rgb(73, 151, 230)
HSL	hsl(210, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(210, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 34.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, 1.12, -46.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 46.96, 271.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% -0.0458 -0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.141 251)
XYZ	xyz(28.0919, 29.2599, 79.0148)
Luminance	0.2926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4997E6 #E69849

analogous

#49E5E6 #4997E6 #4A49E6

triadic

#4997E6 #E64997 #97E649

tetradic

#4997E6 #E649E5 #E69849 #49E64A

square

#4997E6 #E649E5 #E69849 #49E64A

split-complementary

#4997E6 #E64A49 #E5E649

monochromatic

#165A9F #1D78D5 #4997E6 #7FB6ED #B5D4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#4997E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#4997E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4997E6

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4997E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4997E6	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749BE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D8CE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4997e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 151, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.141 251.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb5ee',
    500: '#4997e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4997e6;
$custom-light: #8cb5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4997e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.191,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66327,
    "c": 0.1409,
    "h": 251
  },
  "luminance": 0.29263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4997E6

secondary

#E4C6A7

accent

#9535F2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4997E6

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

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