#4C97B3#4C97B3

#4C97B3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.085 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C97B3
RGB	rgb(76, 151, 179)
HSL	hsl(196, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 15.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, -15.02, -21.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 26.35, 235.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% -0.0602 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.085 225)
XYZ	xyz(22.1806, 26.9223, 46.6667)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C97B3 #B3684C

analogous

#4CB39C #4C97B3 #4C63B3

triadic

#4C97B3 #B34C97 #97B34C

tetradic

#4C97B3 #9C4CB3 #B3684C #63B34C

square

#4C97B3 #9C4CB3 #B3684C #63B34C

split-complementary

#4C97B3 #B34C63 #B39C4C

monochromatic

#284F5D #3A7388 #4C97B3 #77B0C5 #A2C9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#4C97B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#4C97B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C97B3

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C97B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C97B3	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8894B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7989B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c97b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 151, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.085 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b5c9',
    500: '#4c97b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c97b3;
$custom-light: #87b5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c97b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.311,
    "s": 40.392,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6396,
    "c": 0.08518,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.26924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C97B3

secondary

#C4A396

accent

#7858D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C97B3

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

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