#4E97B8#4E97B8

#4E97B8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.088 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97B8
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 184)
HSL	hsl(199, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -13.08, -24.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 27.39, 241.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% -0.0569 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.088 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8569, 27.2115, 49.3859)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97B8 #B86F4E

analogous

#4EB8A4 #4E97B8 #4E62B8

triadic

#4E97B8 #B84E97 #97B84E

tetradic

#4E97B8 #A44EB8 #B86F4E #62B84E

square

#4E97B8 #A44EB8 #B86F4E #62B84E

split-complementary

#4E97B8 #B84E62 #B8A44E

monochromatic

#285164 #39758F #4E97B8 #7AB1CA #A5CADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#4E97B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#4E97B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97B8

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97B8	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8695BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778AB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.088 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5cd',
    500: '#4e97b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97b8;
$custom-light: #88b5cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.679,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64258,
    "c": 0.08796,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97B8

secondary

#C8A89A

accent

#7C55D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97B8

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

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