#4C97A6#4C97A6

#4C97A6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.077 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C97A6
RGB	rgb(76, 151, 166)
HSL	hsl(190, 37%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(190, 54%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.43, -18.92, -14.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.43, 24.13, 218.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% -0.0654 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.077 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.9273, 26.4210, 40.0659)
Luminance	0.2642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C97A6 #A65B4C

analogous

#4CA688 #4C97A6 #4C6AA6

triadic

#4C97A6 #A64C97 #97A64C

tetradic

#4C97A6 #884CA6 #A65B4C #6AA64C

square

#4C97A6 #884CA6 #A65B4C #6AA64C

split-complementary

#4C97A6 #A64C6A #A6884C

monochromatic

#264B52 #39717C #4C97A6 #71B1BE #9BC8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#4C97A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#4C97A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C97A6

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C97A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C97A6	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B92A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D88A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c97a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 151, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.077 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5c0',
    500: '#4c97a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c97a6;
$custom-light: #86b5c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c97a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 37.19,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63431,
    "c": 0.07745,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C97A6

secondary

#BE9890

accent

#6E5BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C97A6

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

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