#4E97BC#4E97BC

#4E97BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.092 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97BC
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 188)
HSL	hsl(200, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(200, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 19.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, -11.83, -26.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 28.64, 245.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% -0.0555 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.092 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2821, 27.3816, 51.6254)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97BC #BC734E

analogous

#4EBCAA #4E97BC #4E60BC

triadic

#4E97BC #BC4E97 #97BC4E

tetradic

#4E97BC #AA4EBC #BC734E #60BC4E

square

#4E97BC #AA4EBC #BC734E #60BC4E

split-complementary

#4E97BC #BC4E60 #BCAA4E

monochromatic

#275268 #387695 #4E97BC #7AB1CD #A7CBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#4E97BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#4E97BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97BC

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97BC	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8595BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.092 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b5d0',
    500: '#4e97bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97bc;
$custom-light: #89b5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.182,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64434,
    "c": 0.09153,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97BC

secondary

#CBAB9B

accent

#7F53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97BC

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

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