#4A97E6#4A97E6

#4A97E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.141 H 251.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4A97E6
RGBrgb(74, 151, 230)
HSLhsl(210, 76%, 60%)
HSVhsv(210, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(67.8%, 34.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(61.04, 1.27, -46.89)
CIE-LCHlch(61.04, 46.91, 271.55°)
OKLaboklab(66.36% -0.0451 -0.1331)
OKLCHoklch(66.36% 0.141 251.3)
XYZxyz(28.1683, 29.2993, 79.0184)
Luminance0.2930 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4A97E6 #E6994A
analogous
#4AE5E6 #4A97E6 #4B4AE6
triadic
#4A97E6 #E64A97 #97E64A
tetradic
#4A97E6 #E64AE5 #E6994A #4AE64B
square
#4A97E6 #E64AE5 #E6994A #4AE64B
split-complementary
#4A97E6 #E64B4A #E5E64A
monochromatic
#165AA0 #1D78D5 #4A97E6 #80B6ED #B6D5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06
#4A97E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86
#4A97E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A97E6
6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4A97E6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4A97E61.003.066.866.86
#FFFFFF3.061.0021.0021.00
#0000006.8621.001.001.00
##0000006.8621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#749BE9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5E8DE4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00AAB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4a97e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.141 251.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db5ee',
    500: '#4a97e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4a97e6;
$custom-light: #8db5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4a97e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.385,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66364,
    "c": 0.14053,
    "h": 251.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4A97E6
secondary
#E4C6A8
accent
#9535F2
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F6FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0D1116
muted
#7E8084

Preview Lab

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#4A97E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva