#4A97C2#4A97C2

#4A97C2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.100 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A97C2
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 194)
HSL	hsl(202, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(202, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 22.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, -10.70, -29.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 31.23, 249.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% -0.0561 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.1 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6245, 27.4818, 55.0880)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A97C2 #C2754A

analogous

#4AC2B1 #4A97C2 #4A5BC2

triadic

#4A97C2 #C24A97 #97C24A

tetradic

#4A97C2 #B14AC2 #C2754A #5BC24A

square

#4A97C2 #B14AC2 #C2754A #5BC24A

split-complementary

#4A97C2 #C24A5B #C2B14A

monochromatic

#25536D #34769B #4A97C2 #78B1D1 #A6CCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#4A97C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#4A97C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A97C2

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A97C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A97C2	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8396C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728AC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a97c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.100 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5d4',
    500: '#4a97c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a97c2;
$custom-light: #88b5d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a97c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.5,
    "s": 49.587,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64545,
    "c": 0.09952,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A97C2

secondary

#CEAD9A

accent

#804FD9

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A97C2

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

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