#4A97B5#4A97B5

#4A97B5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.088 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A97B5
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 181)
HSL	hsl(197, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 16.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, -14.81, -22.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 27.18, 236.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% -0.0609 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.088 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.2279, 26.9231, 47.7324)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A97B5 #B5684A

analogous

#4AB59D #4A97B5 #4A62B5

triadic

#4A97B5 #B54A97 #97B54A

tetradic

#4A97B5 #9D4AB5 #B5684A #62B54A

square

#4A97B5 #9D4AB5 #B5684A #62B54A

split-complementary

#4A97B5 #B54A62 #B59D4A

monochromatic

#264F5E #38738A #4A97B5 #75B0C7 #A1C9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#4A97B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#4A97B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A97B5

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A97B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A97B5	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8794B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7889B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a97b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.088 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5cb',
    500: '#4a97b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a97b5;
$custom-light: #86b5cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a97b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.822,
    "s": 41.961,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63965,
    "c": 0.08795,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A97B5

secondary

#C5A395

accent

#7956D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A97B5

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

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