#4F8AAE#4F8AAE

#4F8AAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.083 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F8AAE
RGB	rgb(79, 138, 174)
HSL	hsl(203, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 20.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.96, -8.73, -24.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.96, 26.33, 250.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.8% -0.0449 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(60.8% 0.083 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.9501, 22.8935, 43.4038)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4F8AAE #AE734F

analogous

#4FAEA3 #4F8AAE #4F5BAE

triadic

#4F8AAE #AE4F8A #8AAE4F

tetradic

#4F8AAE #A34FAE #AE734F #5BAE4F

square

#4F8AAE #A34FAE #AE734F #5BAE4F

split-complementary

#4F8AAE #AE4F5B #AEA34F

monochromatic

#29475A #3C6984 #4F8AAE #78A6C2 #A2C2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#4F8AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#4F8AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F8AAE

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F8AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F8AAE	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7989B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A9396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f8aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 138, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.083 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acc6',
    500: '#4f8aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f8aae;
$custom-light: #87acc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f8aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.737,
    "s": 37.549,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60796,
    "c": 0.08257,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F8AAE

secondary

#C2A797

accent

#865ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F8AAE

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

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