#4E97AB#4E97AB

#4E97AB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.079 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97AB
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 171)
HSL	hsl(193, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(193, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 11.7%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, -17.01, -17.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 24.36, 225.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% -0.062 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.079 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5563, 26.6913, 42.5361)
Luminance	0.2669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97AB #AB624E

analogous

#4EAB91 #4E97AB #4E69AB

triadic

#4E97AB #AB4E97 #97AB4E

tetradic

#4E97AB #914EAB #AB624E #69AB4E

square

#4E97AB #914EAB #AB624E #69AB4E

split-complementary

#4E97AB #AB4E69 #AB914E

monochromatic

#284D57 #3B7281 #4E97AB #76B0C0 #A0C8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#4E97AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#4E97AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97AB

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97AB	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A93AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C89AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.079 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b5c4',
    500: '#4e97ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97ab;
$custom-light: #87b5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.903,
    "s": 37.349,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63713,
    "c": 0.07856,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97AB

secondary

#C19E94

accent

#735ACD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97AB

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

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