#4C97BF#4C97BF

#4C97BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.096 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C97BF
RGB	rgb(76, 151, 191)
HSL	hsl(201, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 20.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, -11.28, -27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 29.92, 247.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% -0.0558 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.096 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4475, 27.4291, 53.3388)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C97BF #BF744C

analogous

#4CBFAE #4C97BF #4C5DBF

triadic

#4C97BF #BF4C97 #97BF4C

tetradic

#4C97BF #AE4CBF #BF744C #5DBF4C

square

#4C97BF #AE4CBF #BF744C #5DBF4C

split-complementary

#4C97BF #BF4C5D #BFAE4C

monochromatic

#26536B #367698 #4C97BF #79B1CF #A6CBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#4C97BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#4C97BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C97BF

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C97BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C97BF	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8496C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748ABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c97bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 151, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.096 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5d2',
    500: '#4c97bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c97bf;
$custom-light: #88b5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c97bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.87,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64487,
    "c": 0.0955,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C97BF

secondary

#CCAC9A

accent

#7F51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C97BF

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

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