#4E97C0#4E97C0

#4E97C0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.095 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97C0
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 192)
HSL	hsl(202, 48%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(202, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 21.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.49, -10.58, -28.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.49, 30.02, 249.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% -0.054 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.095 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7193, 27.5564, 53.9279)
Luminance	0.2756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97C0 #C0774E

analogous

#4EC0B0 #4E97C0 #4E5EC0

triadic

#4E97C0 #C04E97 #97C04E

tetradic

#4E97C0 #B04EC0 #C0774E #5EC04E

square

#4E97C0 #B04EC0 #C0774E #5EC04E

split-complementary

#4E97C0 #C04E5E #C0B04E

monochromatic

#27546D #37769A #4E97C0 #7BB2D0 #A8CCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#4E97C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#4E97C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97C0

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97C0	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8496C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748ABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.095 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b5d3',
    500: '#4e97c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97c0;
$custom-light: #89b5d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.579,
    "s": 47.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64614,
    "c": 0.09534,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97C0

secondary

#CEAE9C

accent

#8151D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97C0

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

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