#4E97B1#4E97B1

#4E97B1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.082 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97B1
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 177)
HSL	hsl(196, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 14.7%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.91, -15.22, -20.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.91, 25.53, 233.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% -0.0596 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.082 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1412, 26.9252, 45.6167)
Luminance	0.2693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97B1 #B1684E

analogous

#4EB19A #4E97B1 #4E65B1

triadic

#4E97B1 #B14E97 #97B14E

tetradic

#4E97B1 #9A4EB1 #B1684E #65B14E

square

#4E97B1 #9A4EB1 #B1684E #65B14E

split-complementary

#4E97B1 #B14E65 #B19A4E

monochromatic

#294F5C #3B7387 #4E97B1 #78B0C4 #A3C9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#4E97B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#4E97B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97B1

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97B1	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8894B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A89B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.082 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5c8',
    500: '#4e97b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97b1;
$custom-light: #88b5c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.758,
    "s": 38.824,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63959,
    "c": 0.08243,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97B1

secondary

#C4A397

accent

#7859CF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97B1

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

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