Metallic Blue#4F738E

#4F738E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.059 H 241.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Metallic Blue — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#4F738E
RGB	rgb(79, 115, 142)
HSL	hsl(206, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(206, 44%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 19%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.81, -5.20, -18.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.81, 19.45, 254.48°)
OKLab	oklab(53.92% -0.0281 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(53.92% 0.059 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.2360, 15.8758, 27.9001)
Luminance	0.1588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F738E #8E6A4F

analogous

#4F8E89 #4F738E #4F538E

triadic

#4F738E #8E4F73 #738E4F

tetradic

#4F738E #894F8E #8E6A4F #538E4F

square

#4F738E #894F8E #8E6A4F #538E4F

split-complementary

#4F738E #8E4F53 #8E894F

monochromatic

#23333F #395367 #4F738E #6D92AE #94AFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#4F738E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#4F738E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F738E

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F738E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F738E	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67738F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#367A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f738e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 115, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.059 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#839baf',
    500: '#4f738e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f738e;
$custom-light: #839baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f738e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 28.507,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53921,
    "c": 0.05902,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F738E

secondary

#B09A89

accent

#8D63C5

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0B0E10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F738E

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

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