#4F879B#4F879B

#4F879B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.066 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F879B
RGB	rgb(79, 135, 155)
HSL	hsl(196, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 49%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 12.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, -12.78, -16.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 20.79, 232.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% -0.0485 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.066 223)
XYZ	xyz(17.8026, 21.3554, 34.1879)
Luminance	0.2136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4F879B #9B634F

analogous

#4F9B89 #4F879B #4F619B

triadic

#4F879B #9B4F87 #879B4F

tetradic

#4F879B #894F9B #9B634F #619B4F

square

#4F879B #894F9B #9B634F #619B4F

split-complementary

#4F879B #9B4F61 #9B894F

monochromatic

#26404A #3A6472 #4F879B #71A4B6 #99BECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#4F879B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#4F879B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F879B

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F879B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F879B	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B849C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#288D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f879b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 135, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.066 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aab8',
    500: '#4f879b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f879b;
$custom-light: #85aab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f879b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 32.479,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59262,
    "c": 0.06639,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.21357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F879B

secondary

#B8998E

accent

#7B5FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F879B

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

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