#4D97C9#4D97C9

#4D97C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.105 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D97C9
RGB	rgb(77, 151, 201)
HSL	hsl(204, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 24.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.82, -7.89, -32.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.82, 33.58, 256.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% -0.0517 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.105 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6658, 27.9256, 59.3373)
Luminance	0.2793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D97C9 #C97F4D

analogous

#4DC9BD #4D97C9 #4D59C9

triadic

#4D97C9 #C94D97 #97C94D

tetradic

#4D97C9 #BD4DC9 #C97F4D #59C94D

square

#4D97C9 #BD4DC9 #C97F4D #59C94D

split-complementary

#4D97C9 #C94D59 #C9BD4D

monochromatic

#245677 #3278A6 #4D97C9 #7CB2D7 #ABCEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#4D97C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#4D97C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D97C9

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D97C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D97C9	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8097CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d97c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 151, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.105 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab5d9',
    500: '#4d97c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d97c9;
$custom-light: #8ab5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d97c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.194,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64993,
    "c": 0.10519,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D97C9

secondary

#D3B49F

accent

#864BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D97C9

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

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