#4E97B6#4E97B6

#4E97B6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.086 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97B6
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 182)
HSL	hsl(198, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 17%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, -13.69, -23.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 26.81, 239.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% -0.0577 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.086 228)
XYZ	xyz(22.6488, 27.1282, 48.2896)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97B6 #B66D4E

analogous

#4EB6A1 #4E97B6 #4E63B6

triadic

#4E97B6 #B64E97 #97B64E

tetradic

#4E97B6 #A14EB6 #B66D4E #63B64E

square

#4E97B6 #A14EB6 #B66D4E #63B64E

split-complementary

#4E97B6 #B64E63 #B6A14E

monochromatic

#285061 #3A748D #4E97B6 #79B0C8 #A5CADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#4E97B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#4E97B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97B6

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97B6	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8795B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7889B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.086 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5cc',
    500: '#4e97b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97b6;
$custom-light: #88b5cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.885,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64171,
    "c": 0.08628,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.2713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97B6

secondary

#C7A799

accent

#7B56D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97B6

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

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