#4E97C4#4E97C4

#4E97C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.099 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97C4
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 196)
HSL	hsl(203, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 23%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, -9.31, -30.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 31.50, 252.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% -0.0526 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.099 238)
XYZ	xyz(24.1685, 27.7361, 56.2938)
Luminance	0.2774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97C4 #C47B4E

analogous

#4EC4B6 #4E97C4 #4E5CC4

triadic

#4E97C4 #C44E97 #97C44E

tetradic

#4E97C4 #B64EC4 #C47B4E #5CC44E

square

#4E97C4 #B64EC4 #C47B4E #5CC44E

split-complementary

#4E97C4 #C44E5C #C4B64E

monochromatic

#265572 #3577A0 #4E97C4 #7CB2D3 #AACDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#4E97C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#4E97C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97C4

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97C4	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8296C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728AC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.099 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab5d6',
    500: '#4e97c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97c4;
$custom-light: #8ab5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.881,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64798,
    "c": 0.09938,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.27738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97C4

secondary

#D0B19E

accent

#834EDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97C4

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

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