#4C97CB#4C97CB

#4C97CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.108 H 241.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C97CB
RGB	rgb(76, 151, 203)
HSL	hsl(205, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(205, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 25.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, -7.43, -33.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 34.49, 257.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% -0.0517 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.108 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8225, 27.9791, 60.5807)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C97CB #CB804C

analogous

#4CCBBF #4C97CB #4C58CB

triadic

#4C97CB #CB4C97 #97CB4C

tetradic

#4C97CB #BF4CCB #CB804C #58CB4C

square

#4C97CB #BF4CCB #CB804C #58CB4C

split-complementary

#4C97CB #CB4C58 #CBBF4C

monochromatic

#235679 #3178A9 #4C97CB #7BB3D9 #ABCEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#4C97CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#4C97CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C97CB

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C97CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C97CB	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8097CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8BCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c97cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 151, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.108 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab5db',
    500: '#4c97cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c97cb;
$custom-light: #8ab5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c97cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.567,
    "s": 54.978,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65049,
    "c": 0.10787,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C97CB

secondary

#D4B59F

accent

#8649DE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C97CB

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

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