#4E97C9#4E97C9

#4E97C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.105 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97C9
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 201)
HSL	hsl(204, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 24.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, -7.71, -32.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 33.47, 256.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% -0.051 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.105 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7471, 27.9676, 59.3411)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97C9 #C9804E

analogous

#4EC9BD #4E97C9 #4E5AC9

triadic

#4E97C9 #C94E97 #97C94E

tetradic

#4E97C9 #BD4EC9 #C9804E #5AC94E

square

#4E97C9 #BD4EC9 #C9804E #5AC94E

split-complementary

#4E97C9 #C94E5A #C9BD4E

monochromatic

#255678 #3378A7 #4E97C9 #7DB3D7 #ACCEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#4E97C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#4E97C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97C9

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97C9	1.00	3.18	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8097CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.105 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab5d9',
    500: '#4e97c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97c9;
$custom-light: #8ab5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.39,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65033,
    "c": 0.10468,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97C9

secondary

#D3B59F

accent

#864BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97C9

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

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