#4E97AC#4E97AC

#4E97AC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.079 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97AC
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 172)
HSL	hsl(193, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(193, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 12.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, -16.71, -17.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 24.53, 227.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% -0.0616 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.079 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6520, 26.7295, 43.0400)
Luminance	0.2673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97AC #AC634E

analogous

#4EAC92 #4E97AC #4E68AC

triadic

#4E97AC #AC4E97 #97AC4E

tetradic

#4E97AC #924EAC #AC634E #68AC4E

square

#4E97AC #924EAC #AC634E #68AC4E

split-complementary

#4E97AC #AC4E68 #AC924E

monochromatic

#284D58 #3B7282 #4E97AC #76B0C1 #A0C9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#4E97AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#4E97AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97AC

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97AC	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A93AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C89AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.079 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b5c4',
    500: '#4e97ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97ac;
$custom-light: #87b5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.404,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63754,
    "c": 0.07914,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97AC

secondary

#C19F95

accent

#745ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97AC

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

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