#4A97D8#4A97D8

#4A97D8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.124 H 246.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4A97D8
RGBrgb(74, 151, 216)
HSLhsl(207, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(207, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(65.7%, 30.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(60.38, -3.47, -40.17)
CIE-LCHlch(60.38, 40.32, 265.06°)
OKLaboklab(65.62% -0.049 -0.1135)
OKLCHoklch(65.62% 0.124 246.6)
XYZxyz(26.2807, 28.5442, 69.0770)
Luminance0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4A97D8 #D88B4A
analogous
#4AD8D2 #4A97D8 #4A50D8
triadic
#4A97D8 #D84A97 #97D84A
tetradic
#4A97D8 #D24AD8 #D88B4A #50D84A
square
#4A97D8 #D24AD8 #D88B4A #50D84A
split-complementary
#4A97D8 #D84A50 #D8D24A
monochromatic
#1E588A #2979BC #4A97D8 #7CB4E3 #AFD1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13
#4A97D8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71
#4A97D8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A97D8
6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4A97D8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4A97D81.003.136.716.71
#FFFFFF3.131.0021.0021.00
#0000006.7121.001.001.00
##0000006.7121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7A99DB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#678BD7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A7AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4a97d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.124 246.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab5e4',
    500: '#4a97d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4a97d8;
$custom-light: #8ab5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4a97d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.465,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6562,
    "c": 0.12361,
    "h": 246.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4A97D8
secondary
#DCBCA2
accent
#8D40E8
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F1F6FC
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0D1115
muted
#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A97D8

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#4A97D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva