#4A97AC#4A97AC

#4A97AC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.082 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A97AC
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 172)
HSL	hsl(193, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(193, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 12.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, -17.56, -18.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 25.28, 226.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% -0.0644 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.082 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.3341, 26.5656, 43.0251)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A97AC #AC5F4A

analogous

#4AAC90 #4A97AC #4A66AC

triadic

#4A97AC #AC4A97 #97AC4A

tetradic

#4A97AC #904AAC #AC5F4A #66AC4A

square

#4A97AC #904AAC #AC5F4A #66AC4A

split-complementary

#4A97AC #AC4A66 #AC904A

monochromatic

#254C56 #387181 #4A97AC #71B1C2 #9CC8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#4A97AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#4A97AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A97AC

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A97AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A97AC	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8993AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B88AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a97ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.082 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b5c4',
    500: '#4a97ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a97ac;
$custom-light: #85b5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a97ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63589,
    "c": 0.08182,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A97AC

secondary

#C19B91

accent

#7258D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A97AC

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

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