#4F8ACE#4F8ACE

#4F8ACE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.121 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F8ACE
RGB	rgb(79, 138, 206)
HSL	hsl(212, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 33%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, 1.61, -40.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 40.86, 272.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% -0.0348 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.121 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4495, 24.2933, 61.8338)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4F8ACE #CE934F

analogous

#4FC9CE #4F8ACE #534FCE

triadic

#4F8ACE #CE4F8A #8ACE4F

tetradic

#4F8ACE #CE4FC9 #CE934F #4FCE53

square

#4F8ACE #CE4FC9 #CE934F #4FCE53

split-complementary

#4F8ACE #CE534F #C9CE4F

monochromatic

#234E7F #316BAF #4F8ACE #7FAADB #AFCAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#4F8ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#4F8ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F8ACE

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F8ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F8ACE	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C82CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f8ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 138, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.121 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8babdd',
    500: '#4f8ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f8ace;
$custom-light: #8babdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f8ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.126,
    "s": 56.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6238,
    "c": 0.12059,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F8ACE

secondary

#D7BEA2

accent

#9948E0

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F8ACE

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

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