#4E97B9#4E97B9

#4E97B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.089 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97B9
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 185)
HSL	hsl(199, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 18.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, -12.77, -24.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 27.69, 242.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% -0.0566 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.089 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9621, 27.2536, 49.9399)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97B9 #B9704E

analogous

#4EB9A6 #4E97B9 #4E62B9

triadic

#4E97B9 #B94E97 #97B94E

tetradic

#4E97B9 #A64EB9 #B9704E #62B94E

square

#4E97B9 #A64EB9 #B9704E #62B94E

split-complementary

#4E97B9 #B94E62 #B9A64E

monochromatic

#285165 #397591 #4E97B9 #7AB1CA #A6CBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#4E97B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#4E97B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97B9

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97B9	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8695BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778AB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.089 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5ce',
    500: '#4e97b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97b9;
$custom-light: #88b5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.065,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64301,
    "c": 0.08883,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97B9

secondary

#C9A99A

accent

#7D55D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97B9

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

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