#4C97C8#4C97C8

#4C97C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.105 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C97C8
RGB	rgb(76, 151, 200)
HSL	hsl(204, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 24.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, -8.40, -32.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 33.28, 255.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.91% -0.0527 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(64.91% 0.105 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4685, 27.8375, 58.7161)
Luminance	0.2784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C97C8 #C87D4C

analogous

#4CC8BB #4C97C8 #4C59C8

triadic

#4C97C8 #C84C97 #97C84C

tetradic

#4C97C8 #BB4CC8 #C87D4C #59C84C

square

#4C97C8 #BB4CC8 #C87D4C #59C84C

split-complementary

#4C97C8 #C84C59 #C8BB4C

monochromatic

#245575 #3277A4 #4C97C8 #7BB2D6 #AACDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#4C97C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#4C97C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C97C8

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C97C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C97C8	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8197CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708AC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c97c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 151, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.105 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b5d9',
    500: '#4c97c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c97c8;
$custom-light: #89b5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c97c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.71,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64905,
    "c": 0.10463,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C97C8

secondary

#D2B29E

accent

#854BDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C97C8

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

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