#4A97E9#4A97E9

#4A97E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.144 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A97E9
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 233)
HSL	hsl(211, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(211, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 35.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.19, 2.30, -48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.19, 48.37, 272.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% -0.0444 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.144 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5932, 29.4692, 81.2562)
Luminance	0.2947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A97E9 #E99C4A

analogous

#4AE7E9 #4A97E9 #4C4AE9

triadic

#4A97E9 #E94A97 #97E94A

tetradic

#4A97E9 #E94AE7 #E99C4A #4AE94C

square

#4A97E9 #E94AE7 #E99C4A #4AE94C

split-complementary

#4A97E9 #E94C4A #E7E94A

monochromatic

#145AA5 #1B78DB #4A97E9 #81B6F0 #B7D6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#4A97E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#4A97E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A97E9

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A97E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A97E9	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#729CEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B8DE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a97e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.144 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db5f0',
    500: '#4a97e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a97e9;
$custom-light: #8db5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a97e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.943,
    "s": 78.325,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66529,
    "c": 0.14423,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A97E9

secondary

#E6C8A9

accent

#760BDB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A97E9

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

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