#4C97CD#4C97CD

#4C97CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.110 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C97CD
RGB	rgb(76, 151, 205)
HSL	hsl(205, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(205, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, -6.77, -34.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 35.33, 258.95°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% -0.0511 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.11 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.0624, 28.0750, 61.8440)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C97CD #CD824C

analogous

#4CCDC2 #4C97CD #4C57CD

triadic

#4C97CD #CD4C97 #97CD4C

tetradic

#4C97CD #C24CCD #CD824C #57CD4C

square

#4C97CD #C24CCD #CD824C #57CD4C

split-complementary

#4C97CD #CD4C57 #CDC24C

monochromatic

#23577C #3078AC #4C97CD #7CB3DA #ACCFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#4C97CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#4C97CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C97CD

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C97CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C97CD	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F98CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c97cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.110 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab5dc',
    500: '#4c97cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c97cd;
$custom-light: #8ab5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c97cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.116,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65146,
    "c": 0.11008,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C97CD

secondary

#D5B69F

accent

#8848E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C97CD

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

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