#4E97B5#4E97B5

#4E97B5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.085 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97B5
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 181)
HSL	hsl(197, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 16.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, -14.00, -22.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 26.54, 238.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% -0.0581 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.085 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.5458, 27.0870, 47.7473)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97B5 #B56C4E

analogous

#4EB59F #4E97B5 #4E63B5

triadic

#4E97B5 #B54E97 #97B54E

tetradic

#4E97B5 #9F4EB5 #B56C4E #63B54E

square

#4E97B5 #9F4EB5 #B56C4E #63B54E

split-complementary

#4E97B5 #B54E63 #B59F4E

monochromatic

#285060 #3A748B #4E97B5 #79B0C7 #A4CAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#4E97B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#4E97B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97B5

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97B5	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8794B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7889B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.085 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5cb',
    500: '#4e97b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97b5;
$custom-light: #88b5cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.476,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64128,
    "c": 0.08547,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97B5

secondary

#C6A699

accent

#7A57D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97B5

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

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