#4A97AD#4A97AD

#4A97AD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.082 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A97AD
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 173)
HSL	hsl(193, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(193, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 12.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.61, -17.26, -18.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.61, 25.45, 227.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% -0.064 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.082 219)
XYZ	xyz(21.4305, 26.6042, 43.5328)
Luminance	0.2661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A97AD #AD604A

analogous

#4AAD91 #4A97AD #4A65AD

triadic

#4A97AD #AD4A97 #97AD4A

tetradic

#4A97AD #914AAD #AD604A #65AD4A

square

#4A97AD #914AAD #AD604A #65AD4A

split-complementary

#4A97AD #AD4A65 #AD914A

monochromatic

#254C57 #387282 #4A97AD #72B1C3 #9DC8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#4A97AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#4A97AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A97AD

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A97AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A97AD	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8993AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A88AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a97ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.082 219.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b5c5',
    500: '#4a97ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a97ad;
$custom-light: #85b5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a97ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 40.081,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6363,
    "c": 0.08241,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.26606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A97AD

secondary

#C19C91

accent

#7358D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A97AD

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

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