#4C97E8#4C97E8

#4C97E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.142 H 252.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C97E8
RGB	rgb(76, 151, 232)
HSL	hsl(211, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(211, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 34.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, 2.26, -47.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 47.78, 272.71°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% -0.0433 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.142 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6072, 29.4929, 80.5134)
Luminance	0.2950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C97E8 #E89D4C

analogous

#4CE5E8 #4C97E8 #4F4CE8

triadic

#4C97E8 #E84C97 #97E84C

tetradic

#4C97E8 #E84CE5 #E89D4C #4CE84F

square

#4C97E8 #E84CE5 #E89D4C #4CE84F

split-complementary

#4C97E8 #E84F4C #E5E84C

monochromatic

#155AA4 #1C78DB #4C97E8 #82B7EF #B8D6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#4C97E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#4C97E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C97E8

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C97E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C97E8	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739CEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D8DE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c97e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 151, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.142 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb5f0',
    500: '#4c97e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c97e8;
$custom-light: #8eb5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c97e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.154,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66548,
    "c": 0.14223,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C97E8

secondary

#E6C9AA

accent

#770CD9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C97E8

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

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