#4A97BC#4A97BC

#4A97BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.094 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A97BC
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 188)
HSL	hsl(199, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 19.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, -12.61, -26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 29.19, 244.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% -0.0583 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.094 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9643, 27.2177, 51.6105)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A97BC #BC6F4A

analogous

#4ABCA8 #4A97BC #4A5EBC

triadic

#4A97BC #BC4A97 #97BC4A

tetradic

#4A97BC #A84ABC #BC6F4A #5EBC4A

square

#4A97BC #A84ABC #BC6F4A #5EBC4A

split-complementary

#4A97BC #BC4A5E #BCA84A

monochromatic

#265166 #367593 #4A97BC #77B1CD #A3CADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#4A97BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#4A97BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A97BC

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A97BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A97BC	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)

#8595BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7589BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a97bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.094 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b5d0',
    500: '#4a97bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a97bc;
$custom-light: #87b5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a97bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.474,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64272,
    "c": 0.09383,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A97BC

secondary

#CAA898

accent

#7D52D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A97BC

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

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