#4C97BB#4C97BB

#4C97BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.092 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C97BB
RGB	rgb(76, 151, 187)
HSL	hsl(199, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, -12.54, -25.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 28.60, 243.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.31% -0.0572 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(64.31% 0.092 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0133, 27.2554, 51.0521)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C97BB #BB704C

analogous

#4CBBA7 #4C97BB #4C60BB

triadic

#4C97BB #BB4C97 #97BB4C

tetradic

#4C97BB #A74CBB #BB704C #60BB4C

square

#4C97BB #A74CBB #BB704C #60BB4C

split-complementary

#4C97BB #BB4C60 #BBA74C

monochromatic

#275166 #387592 #4C97BB #78B1CC #A5CBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#4C97BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#4C97BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C97BB

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C97BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C97BB	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8595BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7689BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c97bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 151, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.092 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5cf',
    500: '#4c97bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c97bb;
$custom-light: #88b5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c97bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.459,
    "s": 44.939,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64307,
    "c": 0.09178,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C97BB

secondary

#CAA999

accent

#7D53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C97BB

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

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