#4A97CC#4A97CC

#4A97CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.110 H 241.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A97CC
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 204)
HSL	hsl(204, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(204, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 26%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, -7.46, -34.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 35.10, 257.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% -0.0528 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.11 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7856, 27.9462, 61.2030)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A97CC #CC7F4A

analogous

#4ACCC0 #4A97CC #4A56CC

triadic

#4A97CC #CC4A97 #97CC4A

tetradic

#4A97CC #C04ACC #CC7F4A #56CC4A

square

#4A97CC #C04ACC #CC7F4A #56CC4A

split-complementary

#4A97CC #CC4A56 #CCC04A

monochromatic

#225679 #3078A9 #4A97CC #7AB2D9 #A9CEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#4A97CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#4A97CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A97CC

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A97CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A97CC	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F97CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8ACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a97cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.110 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b5db',
    500: '#4a97cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a97cc;
$custom-light: #89b5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a97cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.462,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65019,
    "c": 0.10995,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A97CC

secondary

#D4B49D

accent

#8648DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A97CC

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

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