#4E97BD#4E97BD

#4E97BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.092 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97BD
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 189)
HSL	hsl(201, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 20.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, -11.52, -26.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 28.97, 246.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% -0.0551 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.092 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.3903, 27.4248, 52.1951)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97BD #BD744E

analogous

#4EBDAC #4E97BD #4E5FBD

triadic

#4E97BD #BD4E97 #97BD4E

tetradic

#4E97BD #AC4EBD #BD744E #5FBD4E

square

#4E97BD #AC4EBD #BD744E #5FBD4E

split-complementary

#4E97BD #BD4E5F #BDAC4E

monochromatic

#275369 #387696 #4E97BD #7BB1CE #A7CBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#4E97BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#4E97BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97BD

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97BD	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8595BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.092 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b5d1',
    500: '#4e97bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97bd;
$custom-light: #89b5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.541,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64478,
    "c": 0.09245,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97BD

secondary

#CCAC9B

accent

#7F52D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97BD

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

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