#4B97BD#4B97BD

#4B97BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.094 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B97BD
RGB	rgb(75, 151, 189)
HSL	hsl(200, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 20.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, -12.11, -26.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 29.38, 245.66°)
OKLab	oklab(64.36% -0.0572 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(64.36% 0.094 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1500, 27.3010, 52.1839)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B97BD #BD714B

analogous

#4BBDAA #4B97BD #4B5EBD

triadic

#4B97BD #BD4B97 #97BD4B

tetradic

#4B97BD #AA4BBD #BD714B #5EBD4B

square

#4B97BD #AA4BBD #BD714B #5EBD4B

split-complementary

#4B97BD #BD4B5E #BDAA4B

monochromatic

#265268 #367594 #4B97BD #78B1CD #A5CBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#4B97BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#4B97BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B97BD

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B97BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B97BD	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7489BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b97bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 151, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.094 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b5d1',
    500: '#4b97bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b97bd;
$custom-light: #87b5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b97bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64357,
    "c": 0.09418,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B97BD

secondary

#CBAA99

accent

#7E52D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B97BD

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