#4A97D6#4A97D6

#4A97D6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.121 H 245.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A97D6
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 214)
HSL	hsl(207, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(207, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 29.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.29, -4.14, -39.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.29, 39.41, 263.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% -0.0496 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.121 245.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0237, 28.4414, 67.7236)
Luminance	0.2844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A97D6 #D6894A

analogous

#4AD6CF #4A97D6 #4A51D6

triadic

#4A97D6 #D64A97 #97D64A

tetradic

#4A97D6 #CF4AD6 #D6894A #51D64A

square

#4A97D6 #CF4AD6 #D6894A #51D64A

split-complementary

#4A97D6 #D64A51 #D6CF4A

monochromatic

#1F5887 #2A79B9 #4A97D6 #7CB4E1 #AED0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#4A97D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#4A97D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A97D6

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A97D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A97D6	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B99D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a97d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.121 245.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab5e3',
    500: '#4a97d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a97d6;
$custom-light: #8ab5e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a97d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207,
    "s": 63.063,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65518,
    "c": 0.12127,
    "h": 245.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A97D6

secondary

#DBBBA1

accent

#8C42E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A97D6

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

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