#4B97BE#4B97BE

#4B97BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.095 H 233.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B97BE
RGB	rgb(75, 151, 190)
HSL	hsl(200, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 20.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, -11.79, -27.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 29.71, 246.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% -0.0569 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.095 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2590, 27.3445, 52.7575)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B97BE #BE724B

analogous

#4BBEAC #4B97BE #4B5EBE

triadic

#4B97BE #BE4B97 #97BE4B

tetradic

#4B97BE #AC4BBE #BE724B #5EBE4B

square

#4B97BE #AC4BBE #BE724B #5EBE4B

split-complementary

#4B97BE #BE4B5E #BEAC4B

monochromatic

#265269 #367596 #4B97BE #78B1CE #A5CBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#4B97BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#4B97BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B97BE

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B97BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B97BE	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748ABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b97be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 151, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.095 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b5d1',
    500: '#4b97be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b97be;
$custom-light: #87b5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b97be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.348,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64402,
    "c": 0.09511,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B97BE

secondary

#CCAA99

accent

#7E51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B97BE

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

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