#4C97BD#4C97BD

#4C97BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.094 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C97BD
RGB	rgb(76, 151, 189)
HSL	hsl(200, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 20.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, -11.91, -26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 29.25, 245.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% -0.0565 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.094 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.2289, 27.3416, 52.1876)
Luminance	0.2734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C97BD #BD724C

analogous

#4CBDAB #4C97BD #4C5FBD

triadic

#4C97BD #BD4C97 #97BD4C

tetradic

#4C97BD #AB4CBD #BD724C #5FBD4C

square

#4C97BD #AB4CBD #BD724C #5FBD4C

split-complementary

#4C97BD #BD4C5F #BDAB4C

monochromatic

#265268 #377595 #4C97BD #79B1CD #A5CBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#4C97BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#4C97BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C97BD

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C97BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C97BD	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c97bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 151, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.094 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5d1',
    500: '#4c97bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c97bd;
$custom-light: #88b5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c97bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.177,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64397,
    "c": 0.09362,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C97BD

secondary

#CBAA9A

accent

#7E52D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C97BD

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

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