#4E97B4#4E97B4

#4E97B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.085 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97B4
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 180)
HSL	hsl(197, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 16.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, -14.30, -22.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 26.27, 237.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% -0.0584 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.085 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4436, 27.0461, 47.2088)
Luminance	0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97B4 #B46B4E

analogous

#4EB49E #4E97B4 #4E64B4

triadic

#4E97B4 #B44E97 #97B44E

tetradic

#4E97B4 #9E4EB4 #B46B4E #64B44E

square

#4E97B4 #9E4EB4 #B46B4E #64B44E

split-complementary

#4E97B4 #B44E64 #B49E4E

monochromatic

#28505F #3B748A #4E97B4 #79B0C6 #A4CAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#4E97B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#4E97B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97B4

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97B4	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8794B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7989B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.085 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5ca',
    500: '#4e97b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97b4;
$custom-light: #88b5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.059,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64086,
    "c": 0.08468,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97B4

secondary

#C6A598

accent

#7A57D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97B4

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

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