#4E97BA#4E97BA

#4E97BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.090 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97BA
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 186)
HSL	hsl(199, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 18.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, -12.46, -25.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 28.00, 243.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% -0.0562 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.09 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.0680, 27.2959, 50.4978)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97BA #BA714E

analogous

#4EBAA7 #4E97BA #4E61BA

triadic

#4E97BA #BA4E97 #97BA4E

tetradic

#4E97BA #A74EBA #BA714E #61BA4E

square

#4E97BA #A74EBA #BA714E #61BA4E

split-complementary

#4E97BA #BA4E61 #BAA74E

monochromatic

#285266 #397592 #4E97BA #7AB1CB #A6CBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#4E97BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#4E97BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97BA

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97BA	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8695BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.090 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b5ce',
    500: '#4e97ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97ba;
$custom-light: #89b5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.444,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64345,
    "c": 0.08971,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97BA

secondary

#CAAA9A

accent

#7D54D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97BA

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

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