#4E97A7#4E97A7

#4E97A7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.076 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97A7
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 167)
HSL	hsl(191, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(191, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 9.6%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.55, -18.19, -15.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.55, 23.81, 220.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0636 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.076 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1808, 26.5410, 40.5585)
Luminance	0.2654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97A7 #A75E4E

analogous

#4EA78B #4E97A7 #4E6AA7

triadic

#4E97A7 #A74E97 #97A74E

tetradic

#4E97A7 #8B4EA7 #A75E4E #6AA74E

square

#4E97A7 #8B4EA7 #A75E4E #6AA74E

split-complementary

#4E97A7 #A74E6A #A78B4E

monochromatic

#274C54 #3B717D #4E97A7 #74B1BE #9EC8D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#4E97A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#4E97A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97A7

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97A7	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B93A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D88A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#099D9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.076 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b5c1',
    500: '#4e97a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97a7;
$custom-light: #87b5c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.787,
    "s": 36.327,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63554,
    "c": 0.07649,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97A7

secondary

#BE9A92

accent

#705BCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97A7

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

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