#4E97B2#4E97B2

#4E97B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.083 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97B2
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 178)
HSL	hsl(196, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 15.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, -14.91, -21.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 25.77, 234.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64% -0.0592 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.083 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.2413, 26.9652, 46.1436)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97B2 #B2694E

analogous

#4EB29B #4E97B2 #4E65B2

triadic

#4E97B2 #B24E97 #97B24E

tetradic

#4E97B2 #9B4EB2 #B2694E #65B24E

square

#4E97B2 #9B4EB2 #B2694E #65B24E

split-complementary

#4E97B2 #B24E65 #B29B4E

monochromatic

#294F5D #3B7388 #4E97B2 #79B0C5 #A3C9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#4E97B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#4E97B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97B2

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97B2	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	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)

#8894B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7989B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.083 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5c9',
    500: '#4e97b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97b2;
$custom-light: #88b5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.2,
    "s": 39.37,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64001,
    "c": 0.08316,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97B2

secondary

#C4A498

accent

#7959CF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97B2

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

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