#4F8BB0#4F8BB0

#4F8BB0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.084 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F8BB0
RGB	rgb(79, 139, 176)
HSL	hsl(203, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 21%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.34, -8.67, -25.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.34, 26.85, 251.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% -0.0454 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.084 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2907, 23.2603, 44.4863)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F8BB0 #B0744F

analogous

#4FB0A5 #4F8BB0 #4F5AB0

triadic

#4F8BB0 #B04F8B #8BB04F

tetradic

#4F8BB0 #A54FB0 #B0744F #5AB04F

square

#4F8BB0 #A54FB0 #B0744F #5AB04F

split-complementary

#4F8BB0 #B04F5A #B0A54F

monochromatic

#29485C #3C6A86 #4F8BB0 #79A7C3 #A3C3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#4F8BB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#4F8BB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F8BB0

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F8BB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F8BB0	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8AB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D80AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#029497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f8bb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 139, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.084 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acc7',
    500: '#4f8bb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f8bb0;
$custom-light: #87acc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f8bb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.887,
    "s": 38.039,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61121,
    "c": 0.08417,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F8BB0

secondary

#C3A898

accent

#865ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F8BB0

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

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