#4F8BB4#4F8BB4

#4F8BB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.088 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F8BB4
RGB	rgb(79, 139, 180)
HSL	hsl(204, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 22.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.50, -7.42, -27.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.50, 28.42, 254.88°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% -0.044 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.088 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6923, 23.4210, 46.6014)
Luminance	0.2342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F8BB4 #B4784F

analogous

#4FB4AA #4F8BB4 #4F58B4

triadic

#4F8BB4 #B44F8B #8BB44F

tetradic

#4F8BB4 #AA4FB4 #B4784F #58B44F

square

#4F8BB4 #AA4FB4 #B4784F #58B44F

split-complementary

#4F8BB4 #B44F58 #B4AA4F

monochromatic

#294960 #3B6A8B #4F8BB4 #7AA7C6 #A5C4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#4F8BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#4F8BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F8BB4

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F8BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F8BB4	1.00	3.69	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B80B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f8bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 139, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.088 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acca',
    500: '#4f8bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f8bb4;
$custom-light: #88acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f8bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.356,
    "s": 40.239,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61305,
    "c": 0.08842,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F8BB4

secondary

#C6AB99

accent

#8958D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F8BB4

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

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