#4A97DC#4A97DC

#4A97DC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.128 H 248.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A97DC
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 220)
HSL	hsl(208, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(208, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 31.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, -2.13, -42.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 42.16, 267.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% -0.0479 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.128 248.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8041, 28.7536, 71.8337)
Luminance	0.2876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A97DC #DC8F4A

analogous

#4ADCD8 #4A97DC #4A4EDC

triadic

#4A97DC #DC4A97 #97DC4A

tetradic

#4A97DC #D84ADC #DC8F4A #4EDC4A

square

#4A97DC #D84ADC #DC8F4A #4EDC4A

split-complementary

#4A97DC #DC4A4E #DCD84A

monochromatic

#1C5990 #2679C3 #4A97DC #7DB4E6 #B1D2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#4A97DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#4A97DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A97DC

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A97DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A97DC	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799ADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#648CDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a97dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.128 248.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb5e7',
    500: '#4a97dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a97dc;
$custom-light: #8bb5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a97dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.356,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65828,
    "c": 0.12836,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A97DC

secondary

#DEBFA4

accent

#8F3DEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A97DC

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

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