#4C97BE#4C97BE

#4C97BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.095 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C97BE
RGB	rgb(76, 151, 190)
HSL	hsl(201, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 20.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, -11.60, -27.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 29.58, 246.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% -0.0562 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.095 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3378, 27.3852, 52.7612)
Luminance	0.2739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C97BE #BE734C

analogous

#4CBEAC #4C97BE #4C5EBE

triadic

#4C97BE #BE4C97 #97BE4C

tetradic

#4C97BE #AC4CBE #BE734C #5EBE4C

square

#4C97BE #AC4CBE #BE734C #5EBE4C

split-complementary

#4C97BE #BE4C5E #BEAC4C

monochromatic

#265269 #377696 #4C97BE #79B1CE #A6CBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#4C97BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#4C97BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C97BE

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C97BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C97BE	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748ABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c97be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 151, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.095 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5d1',
    500: '#4c97be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c97be;
$custom-light: #88b5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c97be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.526,
    "s": 46.721,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64442,
    "c": 0.09455,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C97BE

secondary

#CCAB9A

accent

#7F51D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C97BE

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

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