#4E97BB#4E97BB

#4E97BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.091 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97BB
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 187)
HSL	hsl(200, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(200, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, -12.15, -25.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 28.32, 244.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% -0.0558 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.091 232)
XYZ	xyz(23.1747, 27.3386, 51.0597)
Luminance	0.2734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97BB #BB724E

analogous

#4EBBA9 #4E97BB #4E60BB

triadic

#4E97BB #BB4E97 #97BB4E

tetradic

#4E97BB #A94EBB #BB724E #60BB4E

square

#4E97BB #A94EBB #BB724E #60BB4E

split-complementary

#4E97BB #BB4E60 #BBA94E

monochromatic

#285267 #397593 #4E97BB #7AB1CC #A6CBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#4E97BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#4E97BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97BB

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97BB	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8595BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.091 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b5cf',
    500: '#4e97bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97bb;
$custom-light: #89b5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.817,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64389,
    "c": 0.09061,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.27341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97BB

secondary

#CAAA9B

accent

#7E54D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97BB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →