#4F8BB5#4F8BB5

#4F8BB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.090 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F8BB5
RGB	rgb(79, 139, 181)
HSL	hsl(205, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 23.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.55, -7.10, -27.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.55, 28.83, 255.74°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% -0.0436 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.09 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.7945, 23.4619, 47.1399)
Luminance	0.2346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F8BB5 #B5794F

analogous

#4FB5AC #4F8BB5 #4F58B5

triadic

#4F8BB5 #B54F8B #8BB54F

tetradic

#4F8BB5 #AC4FB5 #B5794F #58B54F

square

#4F8BB5 #AC4FB5 #B5794F #58B54F

split-complementary

#4F8BB5 #B54F58 #B5AC4F

monochromatic

#294A61 #3B6B8C #4F8BB5 #7AA7C7 #A5C4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#4F8BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#4F8BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F8BB5

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F8BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F8BB5	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B80B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f8bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 139, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.090 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88accb',
    500: '#4f8bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f8bb5;
$custom-light: #88accb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f8bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 40.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61352,
    "c": 0.08951,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F8BB5

secondary

#C6AC99

accent

#8957D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F8BB5

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

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