#4A97AF#4A97AF

#4A97AF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.084 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A97AF
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 175)
HSL	hsl(194, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 13.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.68, -16.65, -19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.68, 25.82, 229.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% -0.0632 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.084 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6255, 26.6822, 44.5597)
Luminance	0.2668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A97AF #AF624A

analogous

#4AAF95 #4A97AF #4A65AF

triadic

#4A97AF #AF4A97 #97AF4A

tetradic

#4A97AF #954AAF #AF624A #65AF4A

square

#4A97AF #954AAF #AF624A #65AF4A

split-complementary

#4A97AF #AF4A65 #AF954A

monochromatic

#264D59 #387284 #4A97AF #73B0C4 #9EC8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#4A97AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#4A97AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A97AF

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A97AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A97AF	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8993B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A88AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a97af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.084 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b5c7',
    500: '#4a97af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a97af;
$custom-light: #85b5c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a97af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.257,
    "s": 40.562,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63712,
    "c": 0.08365,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A97AF

secondary

#C29E92

accent

#7457D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A97AF

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

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