#4E97B0#4E97B0

#4E97B0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.082 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97B0
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 176)
HSL	hsl(195, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 14.2%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, -15.52, -20.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 25.31, 232.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% -0.06 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.082 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0419, 26.8855, 45.0937)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97B0 #B0674E

analogous

#4EB098 #4E97B0 #4E66B0

triadic

#4E97B0 #B04E97 #97B04E

tetradic

#4E97B0 #984EB0 #B0674E #66B04E

square

#4E97B0 #984EB0 #B0674E #66B04E

split-complementary

#4E97B0 #B04E66 #B0984E

monochromatic

#284E5B #3B7386 #4E97B0 #78B0C3 #A2C9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#4E97B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#4E97B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97B0

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97B0	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8994B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A89B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.082 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b5c7',
    500: '#4e97b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97b0;
$custom-light: #87b5c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.306,
    "s": 38.583,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63918,
    "c": 0.08172,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97B0

secondary

#C3A297

accent

#7759CF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97B0

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

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