#4C97AE#4C97AE

#4C97AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.082 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C97AE
RGB	rgb(76, 151, 174)
HSL	hsl(194, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 13.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, -16.54, -19.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 25.26, 229.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% -0.0622 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.082 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6841, 26.7237, 44.0517)
Luminance	0.2673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C97AE #AE634C

analogous

#4CAE94 #4C97AE #4C66AE

triadic

#4C97AE #AE4C97 #97AE4C

tetradic

#4C97AE #944CAE #AE634C #66AE4C

square

#4C97AE #944CAE #AE634C #66AE4C

split-complementary

#4C97AE #AE4C66 #AE944C

monochromatic

#274D59 #397283 #4C97AE #75B0C3 #9FC9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#4C97AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#4C97AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C97AE

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C97AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C97AE	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8993AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B89AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c97ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 151, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.082 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5c6',
    500: '#4c97ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c97ae;
$custom-light: #86b5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c97ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.082,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63752,
    "c": 0.08172,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C97AE

secondary

#C29F94

accent

#7459CF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C97AE

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

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