#4B97AF#4B97AF

#4B97AF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.083 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B97AF
RGB	rgb(75, 151, 175)
HSL	hsl(194, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 57%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 13.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, -16.45, -19.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 25.64, 230.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% -0.0625 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.083 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.7031, 26.7222, 44.5633)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B97AF #AF634B

analogous

#4BAF95 #4B97AF #4B65AF

triadic

#4B97AF #AF4B97 #97AF4B

tetradic

#4B97AF #954BAF #AF634B #65AF4B

square

#4B97AF #954BAF #AF634B #65AF4B

split-complementary

#4B97AF #AF4B65 #AF954B

monochromatic

#264D59 #397284 #4B97AF #74B0C3 #9FC9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#4B97AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#4B97AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B97AF

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B97AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B97AF	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)

#8993B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A88AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b97af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 151, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.083 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5c7',
    500: '#4b97af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b97af;
$custom-light: #86b5c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b97af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63752,
    "c": 0.08302,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B97AF

secondary

#C29F93

accent

#7558D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B97AF

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

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