#4E97C6#4E97C6

#4E97C6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.101 H 239.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97C6
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 198)
HSL	hsl(204, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 23.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.73, -8.67, -31.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.73, 32.27, 254.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% -0.052 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.101 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3977, 27.8278, 57.5007)
Luminance	0.2783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97C6 #C67D4E

analogous

#4EC6B9 #4E97C6 #4E5BC6

triadic

#4E97C6 #C64E97 #97C64E

tetradic

#4E97C6 #B94EC6 #C67D4E #5BC64E

square

#4E97C6 #B94EC6 #C67D4E #5BC64E

split-complementary

#4E97C6 #C64E5B #C6B94E

monochromatic

#255574 #3477A2 #4E97C6 #7CB2D5 #ABCDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#4E97C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#4E97C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97C6

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97C6	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8297C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.101 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab5d7',
    500: '#4e97c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97c6;
$custom-light: #8ab5d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.5,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64891,
    "c": 0.10146,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97C6

secondary

#D1B29E

accent

#854DDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97C6

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

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