#4A97E1#4A97E1

#4A97E1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.134 H 249.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A97E1
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 225)
HSL	hsl(209, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(209, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 32.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.80, -0.44, -44.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.80, 44.51, 269.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.09% -0.0465 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(66.09% 0.134 249.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4762, 29.0224, 75.3734)
Luminance	0.2903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A97E1 #E1944A

analogous

#4AE1DF #4A97E1 #4A4BE1

triadic

#4A97E1 #E14A97 #97E14A

tetradic

#4A97E1 #DF4AE1 #E1944A #4BE14A

square

#4A97E1 #DF4AE1 #E1944A #4BE14A

split-complementary

#4A97E1 #E14A4B #E1DF4A

monochromatic

#195A97 #2279CC #4A97E1 #7EB5EA #B3D3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#4A97E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#4A97E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A97E1

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A97E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A97E1	1.00	3.09	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#769BE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618CE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a97e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.134 249.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb5eb',
    500: '#4a97e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a97e1;
$custom-light: #8cb5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a97e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.404,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66093,
    "c": 0.1344,
    "h": 249.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A97E1

secondary

#E1C3A6

accent

#9239EE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A97E1

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

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