#4F8BB2#4F8BB2

#4F8BB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.086 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F8BB2
RGB	rgb(79, 139, 178)
HSL	hsl(204, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 21.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.42, -8.04, -26.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.42, 27.62, 253.07°)
OKLab	oklab(61.21% -0.0446 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(61.21% 0.086 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4900, 23.3401, 45.5362)
Luminance	0.2334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F8BB2 #B2764F

analogous

#4FB2A7 #4F8BB2 #4F5AB2

triadic

#4F8BB2 #B24F8B #8BB24F

tetradic

#4F8BB2 #A74FB2 #B2764F #5AB24F

square

#4F8BB2 #A74FB2 #B2764F #5AB24F

split-complementary

#4F8BB2 #B24F5A #B2A74F

monochromatic

#29495E #3C6A88 #4F8BB2 #7AA7C5 #A4C3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#4F8BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#4F8BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F8BB2

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F8BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F8BB2	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C80B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f8bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 139, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.086 238.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acc9',
    500: '#4f8bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f8bb2;
$custom-light: #88acc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f8bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.636,
    "s": 39.13,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61213,
    "c": 0.08626,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F8BB2

secondary

#C4AA98

accent

#8759CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F8BB2

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

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