#4A97C0#4A97C0

#4A97C0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.098 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A97C0
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 192)
HSL	hsl(201, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 21.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.34, -11.34, -28.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.34, 30.52, 248.18°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% -0.0568 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.098 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4014, 27.3925, 53.9130)
Luminance	0.2740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A97C0 #C0734A

analogous

#4AC0AE #4A97C0 #4A5CC0

triadic

#4A97C0 #C04A97 #97C04A

tetradic

#4A97C0 #AE4AC0 #C0734A #5CC04A

square

#4A97C0 #AE4AC0 #C0734A #5CC04A

split-complementary

#4A97C0 #C04A5C #C0AE4A

monochromatic

#25526B #357698 #4A97C0 #77B1D0 #A5CBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#4A97C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#4A97C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A97C0

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A97C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A97C0	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8396C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738ABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a97c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.098 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b5d3',
    500: '#4a97c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a97c0;
$custom-light: #87b5d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a97c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.847,
    "s": 48.361,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64453,
    "c": 0.09756,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A97C0

secondary

#CDAB99

accent

#7F50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A97C0

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

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