#4E97AA#4E97AA

#4E97AA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.078 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97AA
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 170)
HSL	hsl(192, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 11.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.65, -17.31, -16.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.65, 24.20, 224.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% -0.0624 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.078 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.4614, 26.6533, 42.0360)
Luminance	0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97AA #AA614E

analogous

#4EAA8F #4E97AA #4E69AA

triadic

#4E97AA #AA4E97 #97AA4E

tetradic

#4E97AA #8F4EAA #AA614E #69AA4E

square

#4E97AA #8F4EAA #AA614E #69AA4E

split-complementary

#4E97AA #AA4E69 #AA8F4E

monochromatic

#284C56 #3B7280 #4E97AA #75B0C0 #9FC8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#4E97AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#4E97AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97AA

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97AA	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A93AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C89AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.078 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b5c3',
    500: '#4e97aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97aa;
$custom-light: #87b5c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.391,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63673,
    "c": 0.078,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97AA

secondary

#C09D94

accent

#725BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97AA

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

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