#4A97BB#4A97BB

#4A97BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.093 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A97BB
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 187)
HSL	hsl(199, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, -12.93, -25.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 28.88, 243.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% -0.0586 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.093 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8568, 27.1747, 51.0448)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A97BB #BB6E4A

analogous

#4ABBA6 #4A97BB #4A5EBB

triadic

#4A97BB #BB4A97 #97BB4A

tetradic

#4A97BB #A64ABB #BB6E4A #5EBB4A

square

#4A97BB #A64ABB #BB6E4A #5EBB4A

split-complementary

#4A97BB #BB4A5E #BBA64A

monochromatic

#265165 #377491 #4A97BB #76B1CC #A3CADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#4A97BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#4A97BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A97BB

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A97BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A97BB	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8595BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7589BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a97bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.093 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b5cf',
    500: '#4a97bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a97bb;
$custom-light: #87b5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a97bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.115,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64228,
    "c": 0.09294,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A97BB

secondary

#C9A797

accent

#7C53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A97BB

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

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