#4B97B2#4B97B2

#4B97B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.085 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B97B2
RGB	rgb(75, 151, 178)
HSL	hsl(196, 41%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 15.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, -15.53, -21.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 26.28, 233.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% -0.0613 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.085 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.0010, 26.8413, 46.1323)
Luminance	0.2684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B97B2 #B2664B

analogous

#4BB299 #4B97B2 #4B64B2

triadic

#4B97B2 #B24B97 #97B24B

tetradic

#4B97B2 #994BB2 #B2664B #64B24B

square

#4B97B2 #994BB2 #B2664B #64B24B

split-complementary

#4B97B2 #B24B64 #B2994B

monochromatic

#274E5C #397287 #4B97B2 #75B0C5 #A0C9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#4B97B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#4B97B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B97B2

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B97B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B97B2	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8894B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7989B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b97b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 151, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.085 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5c9',
    500: '#4b97b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b97b2;
$custom-light: #86b5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b97b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.728,
    "s": 40.711,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63878,
    "c": 0.08507,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B97B2

secondary

#C4A195

accent

#7757D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B97B2

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

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