#4E97C8#4E97C8

#4E97C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.104 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97C8
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 200)
HSL	hsl(204, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 24.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.82, -8.03, -32.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.82, 33.07, 255.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% -0.0513 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.104 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6299, 27.9207, 58.7236)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97C8 #C87F4E

analogous

#4EC8BC #4E97C8 #4E5AC8

triadic

#4E97C8 #C84E97 #97C84E

tetradic

#4E97C8 #BC4EC8 #C87F4E #5AC84E

square

#4E97C8 #BC4EC8 #C87F4E #5AC84E

split-complementary

#4E97C8 #C84E5A #C8BC4E

monochromatic

#255677 #3378A5 #4E97C8 #7DB2D7 #ABCEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#4E97C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#4E97C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97C8

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97C8	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8197CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708BC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.104 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab5d9',
    500: '#4e97c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97c8;
$custom-light: #8ab5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.098,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64986,
    "c": 0.1036,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97C8

secondary

#D3B49F

accent

#864CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97C8

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

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