#4B97C6#4B97C6

#4B97C6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.103 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B97C6
RGB	rgb(75, 151, 198)
HSL	hsl(203, 52%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 23.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, -9.23, -31.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 32.60, 253.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% -0.0541 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.103 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1574, 27.7039, 57.4894)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B97C6 #C67A4B

analogous

#4BC6B7 #4B97C6 #4B59C6

triadic

#4B97C6 #C64B97 #97C64B

tetradic

#4B97C6 #B74BC6 #C67A4B #59C64B

square

#4B97C6 #B74BC6 #C67A4B #59C64B

split-complementary

#4B97C6 #C64B59 #C6B74B

monochromatic

#245572 #3377A1 #4B97C6 #79B2D5 #A8CDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#4B97C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#4B97C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B97C6

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B97C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B97C6	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8197C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708AC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b97c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 151, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.103 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5d7',
    500: '#4b97c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b97c6;
$custom-light: #88b5d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b97c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.927,
    "s": 51.899,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64771,
    "c": 0.10304,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B97C6

secondary

#D1B09C

accent

#834CDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B97C6

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

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