#4A97DE#4A97DE

#4A97DE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.131 H 248.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A97DE
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 222)
HSL	hsl(209, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(209, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 32%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.66, -1.45, -43.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.66, 43.09, 268.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% -0.0473 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.131 248.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0705, 28.8602, 73.2370)
Luminance	0.2886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A97DE #DE914A

analogous

#4ADEDB #4A97DE #4A4DDE

triadic

#4A97DE #DE4A97 #97DE4A

tetradic

#4A97DE #DB4ADE #DE914A #4DDE4A

square

#4A97DE #DB4ADE #DE914A #4DDE4A

split-complementary

#4A97DE #DE4A4D #DEDB4A

monochromatic

#1B5993 #2479C7 #4A97DE #7EB5E7 #B2D2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#4A97DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#4A97DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A97DE

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A97DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A97DE	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789AE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#638CDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a97de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.131 248.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb5e8',
    500: '#4a97de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a97de;
$custom-light: #8bb5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a97de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.784,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65933,
    "c": 0.13077,
    "h": 248.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A97DE

secondary

#DFC1A4

accent

#903CEC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A97DE

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

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