#4E97AD#4E97AD

#4E97AD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.080 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97AD
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 173)
HSL	hsl(194, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 12.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, -16.42, -18.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 24.70, 228.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% -0.0612 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.08 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7484, 26.7681, 43.5477)
Luminance	0.2677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97AD #AD644E

analogous

#4EAD94 #4E97AD #4E68AD

triadic

#4E97AD #AD4E97 #97AD4E

tetradic

#4E97AD #944EAD #AD644E #68AD4E

square

#4E97AD #944EAD #AD644E #68AD4E

split-complementary

#4E97AD #AD4E68 #AD944E

monochromatic

#284D59 #3B7283 #4E97AD #77B0C2 #A1C9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#4E97AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#4E97AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97AD

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97AD	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)

#8993AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B89AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.080 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b5c5',
    500: '#4e97ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97ad;
$custom-light: #87b5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.895,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63794,
    "c": 0.07976,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97AD

secondary

#C2A095

accent

#755ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97AD

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

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