#4A97BA#4A97BA

#4A97BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.092 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A97BA
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 186)
HSL	hsl(199, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 18.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, -13.25, -25.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 28.57, 242.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% -0.059 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.092 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7502, 27.1320, 50.4829)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A97BA #BA6D4A

analogous

#4ABAA5 #4A97BA #4A5FBA

triadic

#4A97BA #BA4A97 #97BA4A

tetradic

#4A97BA #A54ABA #BA6D4A #5FBA4A

square

#4A97BA #A54ABA #BA6D4A #5FBA4A

split-complementary

#4A97BA #BA4A5F #BAA54A

monochromatic

#265064 #377490 #4A97BA #76B0CB #A3CADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#4A97BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#4A97BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A97BA

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A97BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A97BA	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8595BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7689BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a97ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.092 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b5ce',
    500: '#4a97ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a97ba;
$custom-light: #87b5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a97ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64183,
    "c": 0.09207,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A97BA

secondary

#C9A797

accent

#7C53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A97BA

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

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