#4A97CD#4A97CD

#4A97CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.111 H 241.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A97CD
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 205)
HSL	hsl(205, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(205, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, -7.13, -34.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 35.51, 258.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% -0.0524 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.111 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.9059, 27.9943, 61.8367)
Luminance	0.2800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A97CD #CD804A

analogous

#4ACDC2 #4A97CD #4A56CD

triadic

#4A97CD #CD4A97 #97CD4A

tetradic

#4A97CD #C24ACD #CD804A #56CD4A

square

#4A97CD #C24ACD #CD804A #56CD4A

split-complementary

#4A97CD #CD4A56 #CDC24A

monochromatic

#22567B #2F78AB #4A97CD #7AB3DA #AACEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#4A97CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#4A97CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A97CD

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A97CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A97CD	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F98CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a97cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.111 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b5dc',
    500: '#4a97cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a97cd;
$custom-light: #89b5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a97cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.733,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65068,
    "c": 0.11105,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A97CD

secondary

#D5B59E

accent

#8748E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A97CD

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

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