#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
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 230)
HSL	hsl(210, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(210, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 34.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.04, 1.27, -46.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.04, 46.91, 271.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.36% -0.0451 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(66.36% 0.141 251.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1683, 29.2993, 79.0184)
Luminance	0.2930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

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
##4A97E6	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4A97E6

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

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