#4A97DD#4A97DD

#4A97DD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.130 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A97DD
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 221)
HSL	hsl(209, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(209, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 31.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.61, -1.79, -42.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.61, 42.62, 267.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% -0.0476 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.13 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9369, 28.8067, 72.5332)
Luminance	0.2881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A97DD #DD904A

analogous

#4ADDD9 #4A97DD #4A4EDD

triadic

#4A97DD #DD4A97 #97DD4A

tetradic

#4A97DD #D94ADD #DD904A #4EDD4A

square

#4A97DD #D94ADD #DD904A #4EDD4A

split-complementary

#4A97DD #DD4A4E #DDD94A

monochromatic

#1B5991 #2579C5 #4A97DD #7EB5E7 #B1D2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#4A97DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#4A97DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A97DD

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A97DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A97DD	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789AE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#648CDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a97dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.130 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb5e8',
    500: '#4a97dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a97dd;
$custom-light: #8bb5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a97dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.571,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65881,
    "c": 0.12957,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A97DD

secondary

#DFC0A4

accent

#903DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A97DD

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

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