#4E97AF#4E97AF

#4E97AF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.081 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97AF
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 175)
HSL	hsl(195, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 13.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, -15.82, -19.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 25.10, 230.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% -0.0604 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.081 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9434, 26.8461, 44.5746)
Luminance	0.2685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97AF #AF664E

analogous

#4EAF96 #4E97AF #4E67AF

triadic

#4E97AF #AF4E97 #97AF4E

tetradic

#4E97AF #964EAF #AF664E #67AF4E

square

#4E97AF #964EAF #AF664E #67AF4E

split-complementary

#4E97AF #AF4E67 #AF964E

monochromatic

#284E5A #3B7285 #4E97AF #78B0C3 #A2C9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#4E97AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#4E97AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97AF

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97AF	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8994B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B89AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.081 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b5c7',
    500: '#4e97af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97af;
$custom-light: #87b5c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.845,
    "s": 38.34,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63876,
    "c": 0.08104,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97AF

secondary

#C3A196

accent

#765ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97AF

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

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