#4C97CC#4C97CC

#4C97CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.109 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C97CC
RGB	rgb(76, 151, 204)
HSL	hsl(205, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(205, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 26%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.91, -7.10, -34.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.91, 34.91, 258.27°)
OKLab	oklab(65.1% -0.0514 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(65.1% 0.109 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9421, 28.0269, 61.2103)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C97CC #CC814C

analogous

#4CCCC1 #4C97CC #4C57CC

triadic

#4C97CC #CC4C97 #97CC4C

tetradic

#4C97CC #C14CCC #CC814C #57CC4C

square

#4C97CC #C14CCC #CC814C #57CC4C

split-complementary

#4C97CC #CC4C57 #CCC14C

monochromatic

#23567B #3178AA #4C97CC #7CB3DA #ABCEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#4C97CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#4C97CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C97CC

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C97CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C97CC	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F97CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8BCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c97cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 151, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.109 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab5db',
    500: '#4c97cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c97cc;
$custom-light: #8ab5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c97cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.844,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65097,
    "c": 0.10898,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C97CC

secondary

#D5B59F

accent

#8749DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C97CC

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

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