#4E97E3#4E97E3

#4E97E3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.135 H 251.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97E3
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 227)
HSL	hsl(211, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 33.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.04, 0.89, -45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.04, 45.24, 271.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% -0.0432 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.135 251.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0685, 29.2961, 76.8336)
Luminance	0.2930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97E3 #E39A4E

analogous

#4EE2E3 #4E97E3 #504EE3

triadic

#4E97E3 #E34E97 #97E34E

tetradic

#4E97E3 #E34EE2 #E39A4E #4EE350

square

#4E97E3 #E34EE2 #E39A4E #4EE350

split-complementary

#4E97E3 #E3504E #E2E34E

monochromatic

#195A9E #2178D3 #4E97E3 #83B6EB #B8D5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#4E97E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#4E97E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97E3

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97E3	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#769BE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.135 251.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb5ec',
    500: '#4e97e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97e3;
$custom-light: #8eb5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.604,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66354,
    "c": 0.13524,
    "h": 251.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97E3

secondary

#E3C7AA

accent

#9638EF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97E3

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

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