#4E97D0#4E97D0

#4E97D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.113 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97D0
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 208)
HSL	hsl(206, 58%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 27.4%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.16, -5.43, -36.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.16, 36.43, 261.43°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% -0.0487 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.113 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5894, 28.3045, 63.7770)
Luminance	0.2831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97D0 #D0874E

analogous

#4ED0C8 #4E97D0 #4E56D0

triadic

#4E97D0 #D04E97 #97D04E

tetradic

#4E97D0 #C84ED0 #D0874E #56D04E

square

#4E97D0 #C84ED0 #D0874E #56D04E

split-complementary

#4E97D0 #D04E56 #D0C84E

monochromatic

#225881 #2F78B2 #4E97D0 #7EB3DD #AFD0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#4E97D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#4E97D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97D0

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97D0	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E98D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8BCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.113 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb5de',
    500: '#4e97d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97d0;
$custom-light: #8bb5de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.308,
    "s": 58.036,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65373,
    "c": 0.1125,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97D0

secondary

#D8BAA2

accent

#8A47E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97D0

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

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