#4E97C5#4E97C5

#4E97C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.100 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97C5
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 197)
HSL	hsl(203, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 23.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, -8.99, -30.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 31.88, 253.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% -0.0523 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.1 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2827, 27.7818, 56.8952)
Luminance	0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97C5 #C57C4E

analogous

#4EC5B7 #4E97C5 #4E5CC5

triadic

#4E97C5 #C54E97 #97C54E

tetradic

#4E97C5 #B74EC5 #C57C4E #5CC54E

square

#4E97C5 #B74EC5 #C57C4E #5CC54E

split-complementary

#4E97C5 #C54E5C #C5B74E

monochromatic

#265573 #3577A1 #4E97C5 #7CB2D4 #AACDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#4E97C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#4E97C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97C5

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97C5	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8297C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728AC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.100 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab5d6',
    500: '#4e97c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97c5;
$custom-light: #8ab5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.193,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64844,
    "c": 0.10042,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97C5

secondary

#D1B29E

accent

#844EDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97C5

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

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