#4A97C8#4A97C8

#4A97C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.106 H 239.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A97C8
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 200)
HSL	hsl(203, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 24.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, -8.76, -32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 33.49, 254.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% -0.0541 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.106 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3120, 27.7568, 58.7087)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A97C8 #C87B4A

analogous

#4AC8BA #4A97C8 #4A58C8

triadic

#4A97C8 #C84A97 #97C84A

tetradic

#4A97C8 #BA4AC8 #C87B4A #58C84A

square

#4A97C8 #BA4AC8 #C87B4A #58C84A

split-complementary

#4A97C8 #C84A58 #C8BA4A

monochromatic

#235574 #3277A3 #4A97C8 #79B2D6 #A8CDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#4A97C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#4A97C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A97C8

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A97C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A97C8	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8197CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8AC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a97c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.106 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5d9',
    500: '#4a97c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a97c8;
$custom-light: #88b5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a97c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.333,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64827,
    "c": 0.10564,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A97C8

secondary

#D2B19C

accent

#844BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A97C8

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

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