#4E97B7#4E97B7

#4E97B7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.087 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97B7
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 183)
HSL	hsl(198, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 17.5%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, -13.38, -23.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 27.09, 240.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% -0.0573 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.087 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7525, 27.1697, 48.8358)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97B7 #B76E4E

analogous

#4EB7A2 #4E97B7 #4E62B7

triadic

#4E97B7 #B74E97 #97B74E

tetradic

#4E97B7 #A24EB7 #B76E4E #62B74E

square

#4E97B7 #A24EB7 #B76E4E #62B74E

split-complementary

#4E97B7 #B74E62 #B7A24E

monochromatic

#285163 #3A748E #4E97B7 #7AB1C9 #A5CADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#4E97B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#4E97B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97B7

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97B7	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	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)

#8695B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7889B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.087 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5cc',
    500: '#4e97b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97b7;
$custom-light: #88b5cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.286,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64214,
    "c": 0.08712,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97B7

secondary

#C8A799

accent

#7C56D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97B7

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

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