#4A97C5#4A97C5

#4A97C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.103 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A97C5
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 197)
HSL	hsl(202, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(202, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 23.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, -9.74, -30.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 32.33, 252.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% -0.0551 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.103 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9648, 27.6179, 56.8803)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A97C5 #C5784A

analogous

#4AC5B5 #4A97C5 #4A59C5

triadic

#4A97C5 #C54A97 #97C54A

tetradic

#4A97C5 #B54AC5 #C5784A #59C54A

square

#4A97C5 #B54AC5 #C5784A #59C54A

split-complementary

#4A97C5 #C54A59 #C5B54A

monochromatic

#245471 #33779F #4A97C5 #78B2D4 #A7CCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#4A97C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#4A97C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A97C5

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A97C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A97C5	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8296C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718AC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a97c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.103 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5d6',
    500: '#4a97c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a97c5;
$custom-light: #88b5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a97c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.439,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64685,
    "c": 0.10252,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A97C5

secondary

#D0AF9B

accent

#824DDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A97C5

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

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