#4A97CE#4A97CE

#4A97CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.112 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A97CE
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 206)
HSL	hsl(205, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(205, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 26.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, -6.80, -35.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 35.93, 259.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% -0.0521 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.112 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0270, 28.0428, 62.4744)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A97CE #CE814A

analogous

#4ACEC3 #4A97CE #4A55CE

triadic

#4A97CE #CE4A97 #97CE4A

tetradic

#4A97CE #C34ACE #CE814A #55CE4A

square

#4A97CE #C34ACE #CE814A #55CE4A

split-complementary

#4A97CE #CE4A55 #CEC34A

monochromatic

#22567C #2F78AC #4A97CE #7AB3DB #AACEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#4A97CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#4A97CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A97CE

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A97CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A97CE	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E98D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8BCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a97ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.112 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b5dd',
    500: '#4a97ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a97ce;
$custom-light: #89b5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a97ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65117,
    "c": 0.11216,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A97CE

secondary

#D6B59E

accent

#8747E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A97CE

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

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