#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
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 216)
HSL	hsl(207, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(207, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 30.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, -3.47, -40.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 40.32, 265.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% -0.049 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.124 246.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2807, 28.5442, 69.0770)
Luminance	0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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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
##4A97D8	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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