#4B97C8#4B97C8

#4B97C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.105 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B97C8
RGB	rgb(75, 151, 200)
HSL	hsl(204, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 24.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, -8.58, -32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 33.38, 255.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% -0.0534 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.105 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3896, 27.7968, 58.7124)
Luminance	0.2780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B97C8 #C87C4B

analogous

#4BC8BB #4B97C8 #4B59C8

triadic

#4B97C8 #C84B97 #97C84B

tetradic

#4B97C8 #BB4BC8 #C87C4B #59C84B

square

#4B97C8 #BB4BC8 #C87C4B #59C84B

split-complementary

#4B97C8 #C84B59 #C8BB4B

monochromatic

#245575 #3277A4 #4B97C8 #7AB2D6 #A9CDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#4B97C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#4B97C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B97C8

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B97C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B97C8	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8197CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708AC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b97c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 151, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.105 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b5d9',
    500: '#4b97c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b97c8;
$custom-light: #89b5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b97c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.52,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64866,
    "c": 0.10514,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B97C8

secondary

#D2B29D

accent

#844BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B97C8

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

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