#4C97D8#4C97D8

#4C97D8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.123 H 247.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C97D8
RGB	rgb(76, 151, 216)
HSL	hsl(208, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(208, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 30.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.45, -3.14, -40.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.45, 40.17, 265.52°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% -0.0477 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.123 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4371, 28.6249, 69.0843)
Luminance	0.2863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C97D8 #D88D4C

analogous

#4CD8D3 #4C97D8 #4C51D8

triadic

#4C97D8 #D84C97 #97D84C

tetradic

#4C97D8 #D34CD8 #D88D4C #51D84C

square

#4C97D8 #D34CD8 #D88D4C #51D84C

split-complementary

#4C97D8 #D84C51 #D8D34C

monochromatic

#1E598B #2979BE #4C97D8 #7EB4E3 #B1D1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#4C97D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#4C97D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C97D8

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C97D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C97D8	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A99DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#678CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c97d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 151, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.123 247.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb5e4',
    500: '#4c97d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c97d8;
$custom-light: #8bb5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c97d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.857,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65697,
    "c": 0.12274,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C97D8

secondary

#DCBEA4

accent

#8E41E7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C97D8

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

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