#4F8ACD#4F8ACD

#4F8ACD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.119 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F8ACD
RGB	rgb(79, 138, 205)
HSL	hsl(212, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 32.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.33, 1.28, -40.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.33, 40.36, 271.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% -0.0351 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.119 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3284, 24.2448, 61.1961)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F8ACD #CD924F

analogous

#4FC9CD #4F8ACD #534FCD

triadic

#4F8ACD #CD4F8A #8ACD4F

tetradic

#4F8ACD #CD4FC9 #CD924F #4FCD53

square

#4F8ACD #CD4FC9 #CD924F #4FCD53

split-complementary

#4F8ACD #CD534F #C9CD4F

monochromatic

#244E7E #316BAE #4F8ACD #7FAADB #AEC9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4F8ACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#4F8ACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F8ACD

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F8ACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F8ACD	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8ED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D82CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f8acd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 138, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.119 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8babdc',
    500: '#4f8acd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f8acd;
$custom-light: #8babdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f8acd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.905,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62326,
    "c": 0.11931,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F8ACD

secondary

#D6BEA2

accent

#9949DF

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F8ACD

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

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