#4C97AA#4C97AA

#4C97AA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.079 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C97AA
RGB	rgb(76, 151, 170)
HSL	hsl(192, 38%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(192, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 11.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, -17.74, -17.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 24.60, 223.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% -0.0638 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.079 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.3000, 26.5700, 42.0285)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C97AA #AA5F4C

analogous

#4CAA8E #4C97AA #4C68AA

triadic

#4C97AA #AA4C97 #97AA4C

tetradic

#4C97AA #8E4CAA #AA5F4C #68AA4C

square

#4C97AA #8E4CAA #AA5F4C #68AA4C

split-complementary

#4C97AA #AA4C68 #AA8E4C

monochromatic

#264C55 #397180 #4C97AA #73B1C0 #9DC8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#4C97AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#4C97AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C97AA

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C97AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C97AA	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A93AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C88AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c97aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 151, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.079 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5c3',
    500: '#4c97aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c97aa;
$custom-light: #86b5c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c97aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.128,
    "s": 38.211,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63589,
    "c": 0.07938,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C97AA

secondary

#C09B92

accent

#715ACE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C97AA

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

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