#4A97BF#4A97BF

#4A97BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.097 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A97BF
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 191)
HSL	hsl(201, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 20.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, -11.66, -27.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 30.18, 247.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% -0.0572 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.097 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2910, 27.3484, 53.3314)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A97BF #BF724A

analogous

#4ABFAD #4A97BF #4A5DBF

triadic

#4A97BF #BF4A97 #97BF4A

tetradic

#4A97BF #AD4ABF #BF724A #5DBF4A

square

#4A97BF #AD4ABF #BF724A #5DBF4A

split-complementary

#4A97BF #BF4A5D #BFAD4A

monochromatic

#255269 #357597 #4A97BF #77B1CF #A4CBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#4A97BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#4A97BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A97BF

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A97BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A97BF	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8496C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7389BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a97bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.097 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b5d2',
    500: '#4a97bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a97bf;
$custom-light: #87b5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a97bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.513,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64407,
    "c": 0.09661,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A97BF

secondary

#CCAA99

accent

#7F50D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A97BF

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

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