#4A97BD#4A97BD

#4A97BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.095 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A97BD
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 189)
HSL	hsl(200, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 20.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, -12.30, -26.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 29.51, 245.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% -0.0579 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.095 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0724, 27.2609, 52.1802)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A97BD #BD704A

analogous

#4ABDAA #4A97BD #4A5EBD

triadic

#4A97BD #BD4A97 #97BD4A

tetradic

#4A97BD #AA4ABD #BD704A #5EBD4A

square

#4A97BD #AA4ABD #BD704A #5EBD4A

split-complementary

#4A97BD #BD4A5E #BDAA4A

monochromatic

#265167 #367594 #4A97BD #77B1CD #A4CBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#4A97BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#4A97BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A97BD

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A97BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A97BD	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7489BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a97bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.095 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b5d1',
    500: '#4a97bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a97bd;
$custom-light: #87b5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a97bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.826,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64317,
    "c": 0.09475,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A97BD

secondary

#CBA998

accent

#7D52D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A97BD

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

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