#4E97C3#4E97C3

#4E97C3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.098 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97C3
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 195)
HSL	hsl(203, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 22.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, -9.63, -29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 31.12, 251.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.75% -0.053 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(64.75% 0.098 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.0551, 27.6908, 55.6963)
Luminance	0.2769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97C3 #C37A4E

analogous

#4EC3B4 #4E97C3 #4E5CC3

triadic

#4E97C3 #C34E97 #97C34E

tetradic

#4E97C3 #B44EC3 #C37A4E #5CC34E

square

#4E97C3 #B44EC3 #C37A4E #5CC34E

split-complementary

#4E97C3 #C34E5C #C3B44E

monochromatic

#265570 #36779E #4E97C3 #7CB2D2 #A9CDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#4E97C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#4E97C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97C3

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97C3	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8396C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738AC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.098 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab5d5',
    500: '#4e97c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97c3;
$custom-light: #8ab5d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.564,
    "s": 49.367,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64751,
    "c": 0.09836,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97C3

secondary

#CFB09D

accent

#834FD9

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97C3

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

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