#4E97C1#4E97C1

#4E97C1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.096 H 236.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97C1
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 193)
HSL	hsl(202, 48%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 21.8%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, -10.26, -28.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 30.38, 250.26°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% -0.0537 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.096 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8305, 27.6009, 54.5134)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97C1 #C1784E

analogous

#4EC1B1 #4E97C1 #4E5DC1

triadic

#4E97C1 #C14E97 #97C14E

tetradic

#4E97C1 #B14EC1 #C1784E #5DC14E

square

#4E97C1 #B14EC1 #C1784E #5DC14E

split-complementary

#4E97C1 #C14E5D #C1B14E

monochromatic

#27546E #36779B #4E97C1 #7BB2D1 #A9CCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#4E97C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#4E97C1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97C1

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97C1	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8396C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738AC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.096 236.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b5d4',
    500: '#4e97c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97c1;
$custom-light: #89b5d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.913,
    "s": 48.117,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64659,
    "c": 0.09633,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97C1

secondary

#CEAF9D

accent

#8250D8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97C1

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

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