#4B97AE#4B97AE

#4B97AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.082 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B97AE
RGB	rgb(75, 151, 174)
HSL	hsl(194, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 13.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.68, -16.75, -19.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.68, 25.45, 228.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% -0.0629 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.082 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.6053, 26.6830, 44.0480)
Luminance	0.2668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B97AE #AE624B

analogous

#4BAE94 #4B97AE #4B66AE

triadic

#4B97AE #AE4B97 #97AE4B

tetradic

#4B97AE #944BAE #AE624B #66AE4B

square

#4B97AE #944BAE #AE624B #66AE4B

split-complementary

#4B97AE #AE4B66 #AE944B

monochromatic

#264D58 #397283 #4B97AE #73B0C3 #9EC8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#4B97AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#4B97AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B97AE

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B97AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B97AE	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8993AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A88AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b97ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 151, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.082 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5c6',
    500: '#4b97ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b97ae;
$custom-light: #86b5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b97ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.939,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63711,
    "c": 0.08237,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B97AE

secondary

#C29E93

accent

#7458D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B97AE

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

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