#4A97BE#4A97BE

#4A97BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.096 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A97BE
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 190)
HSL	hsl(200, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 20.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, -11.98, -27.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 29.84, 246.33°)
OKLab	oklab(64.36% -0.0576 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(64.36% 0.096 233)
XYZ	xyz(23.1813, 27.3045, 52.7539)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A97BE #BE714A

analogous

#4ABEAB #4A97BE #4A5DBE

triadic

#4A97BE #BE4A97 #97BE4A

tetradic

#4A97BE #AB4ABE #BE714A #5DBE4A

square

#4A97BE #AB4ABE #BE714A #5DBE4A

split-complementary

#4A97BE #BE4A5D #BEAB4A

monochromatic

#255268 #367595 #4A97BE #77B1CE #A4CBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#4A97BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#4A97BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A97BE

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A97BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A97BE	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7489BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a97be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.096 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b5d1',
    500: '#4a97be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a97be;
$custom-light: #87b5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a97be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.172,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64362,
    "c": 0.09567,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.27307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A97BE

secondary

#CBAA98

accent

#7E51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A97BE

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

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