#4E97D6#4E97D6

#4E97D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.119 H 246.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97D6
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 214)
HSL	hsl(208, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(208, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 29.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, -3.46, -38.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 39.11, 264.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.67% -0.0469 -0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(65.67% 0.119 246.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3416, 28.6054, 67.7385)
Luminance	0.2861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97D6 #D68D4E

analogous

#4ED6D1 #4E97D6 #4E53D6

triadic

#4E97D6 #D64E97 #97D64E

tetradic

#4E97D6 #D14ED6 #D68D4E #53D64E

square

#4E97D6 #D14ED6 #D68D4E #53D64E

split-complementary

#4E97D6 #D64E53 #D6D14E

monochromatic

#20598A #2B79BB #4E97D6 #80B4E2 #B1D1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#4E97D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#4E97D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97D6

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97D6	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B99D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#698CD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.119 246.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb5e3',
    500: '#4e97d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97d6;
$custom-light: #8cb5e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.794,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65674,
    "c": 0.11948,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97D6

secondary

#DBBEA4

accent

#8E42E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97D6

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

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