#4E97E5#4E97E5

#4E97E5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.138 H 252.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97E5
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 229)
HSL	hsl(211, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 34.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, 1.56, -46.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 46.21, 271.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% -0.0427 -0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.138 252)
XYZ	xyz(28.3461, 29.4072, 78.2958)
Luminance	0.2941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97E5 #E59C4E

analogous

#4EE3E5 #4E97E5 #504EE5

triadic

#4E97E5 #E54E97 #97E54E

tetradic

#4E97E5 #E54EE3 #E59C4E #4EE550

square

#4E97E5 #E54EE3 #E59C4E #4EE550

split-complementary

#4E97E5 #E5504E #E3E54E

monochromatic

#185AA1 #1F78D6 #4E97E5 #83B6ED #B9D6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#4E97E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#4E97E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97E5

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97E5	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759BE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#608DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.138 252.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb5ed',
    500: '#4e97e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97e5;
$custom-light: #8eb5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.993,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66462,
    "c": 0.13771,
    "h": 252
  },
  "luminance": 0.2941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97E5

secondary

#E4C8AA

accent

#760FD7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97E5

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

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