#4E97CB#4E97CB

#4E97CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.107 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97CB
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 203)
HSL	hsl(205, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 25.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.95, -7.06, -33.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.95, 34.30, 258.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% -0.0503 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.107 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9839, 28.0623, 60.5882)
Luminance	0.2807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97CB #CB824E

analogous

#4ECBC0 #4E97CB #4E59CB

triadic

#4E97CB #CB4E97 #97CB4E

tetradic

#4E97CB #C04ECB #CB824E #59CB4E

square

#4E97CB #C04ECB #CB824E #59CB4E

split-complementary

#4E97CB #CB4E59 #CBC04E

monochromatic

#24577B #3278AA #4E97CB #7DB3D9 #ADCFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#4E97CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#4E97CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97CB

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97CB	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8097CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8BCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.107 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb5db',
    500: '#4e97cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97cb;
$custom-light: #8bb5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.96,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65129,
    "c": 0.10687,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97CB

secondary

#D5B6A0

accent

#874ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97CB

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

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