#4E97BE#4E97BE

#4E97BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.093 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97BE
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 190)
HSL	hsl(201, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 20.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.41, -11.21, -27.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.41, 29.32, 247.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% -0.0547 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.093 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.4992, 27.4684, 52.7688)
Luminance	0.2747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97BE #BE754E

analogous

#4EBEAD #4E97BE #4E5FBE

triadic

#4E97BE #BE4E97 #97BE4E

tetradic

#4E97BE #AD4EBE #BE754E #5FBE4E

square

#4E97BE #AD4EBE #BE754E #5FBE4E

split-complementary

#4E97BE #BE4E5F #BEAD4E

monochromatic

#27536A #387697 #4E97BE #7BB1CE #A8CCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#4E97BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#4E97BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97BE

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97BE	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	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)

#8496C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758ABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.093 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b5d1',
    500: '#4e97be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97be;
$custom-light: #89b5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.893,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64523,
    "c": 0.0934,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97BE

secondary

#CCAD9C

accent

#8052D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97BE

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

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