#4E97CE#4E97CE

#4E97CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.110 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97CE
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 206)
HSL	hsl(206, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(206, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 26.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.08, -6.08, -35.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.08, 35.57, 260.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% -0.0493 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.11 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3449, 28.2067, 62.4893)
Luminance	0.2821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97CE #CE854E

analogous

#4ECEC5 #4E97CE #4E57CE

triadic

#4E97CE #CE4E97 #97CE4E

tetradic

#4E97CE #C54ECE #CE854E #57CE4E

square

#4E97CE #C54ECE #CE854E #57CE4E

split-complementary

#4E97CE #CE4E57 #CEC54E

monochromatic

#23577F #3078AE #4E97CE #7EB3DB #AECFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#4E97CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#4E97CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97CE

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97CE	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F98D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8BCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.110 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb5dd',
    500: '#4e97ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97ce;
$custom-light: #8bb5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.781,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65275,
    "c": 0.11022,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97CE

secondary

#D7B8A1

accent

#8948E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97CE

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

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