#4E97C2#4E97C2

#4E97C2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.097 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97C2
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 194)
HSL	hsl(202, 49%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 22.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, -9.94, -29.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 30.74, 251.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.71% -0.0533 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(64.71% 0.097 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9424, 27.6457, 55.1029)
Luminance	0.2765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97C2 #C2794E

analogous

#4EC2B3 #4E97C2 #4E5DC2

triadic

#4E97C2 #C24E97 #97C24E

tetradic

#4E97C2 #B34EC2 #C2794E #5DC24E

square

#4E97C2 #B34EC2 #C2794E #5DC24E

split-complementary

#4E97C2 #C24E5D #C2B34E

monochromatic

#26546F #36779D #4E97C2 #7CB2D2 #A9CCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#4E97C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#4E97C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97C2

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97C2	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8396C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738AC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.097 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b5d4',
    500: '#4e97c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97c2;
$custom-light: #89b5d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.241,
    "s": 48.739,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64705,
    "c": 0.09733,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97C2

secondary

#CFAF9D

accent

#8250D8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97C2

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

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