#4B97BB#4B97BB

#4B97BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.092 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B97BB
RGB	rgb(75, 151, 187)
HSL	hsl(199, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -12.74, -25.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 28.74, 243.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% -0.0579 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.092 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9345, 27.2147, 51.0484)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B97BB #BB6F4B

analogous

#4BBBA7 #4B97BB #4B5FBB

triadic

#4B97BB #BB4B97 #97BB4B

tetradic

#4B97BB #A74BBB #BB6F4B #5FBB4B

square

#4B97BB #A74BBB #BB6F4B #5FBB4B

split-complementary

#4B97BB #BB4B5F #BBA74B

monochromatic

#265165 #377592 #4B97BB #77B1CC #A4CADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#4B97BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#4B97BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B97BB

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B97BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B97BB	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8595BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7589BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b97bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 151, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.092 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b5cf',
    500: '#4b97bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b97bb;
$custom-light: #87b5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b97bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.286,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64267,
    "c": 0.09236,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B97BB

secondary

#CAA898

accent

#7D53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B97BB

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

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