#4F8BB9#4F8BB9

#4F8BB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.094 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F8BB9
RGB	rgb(79, 139, 185)
HSL	hsl(206, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 24.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.71, -5.83, -29.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.71, 30.53, 258.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% -0.0422 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.094 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.2108, 23.6284, 49.3325)
Luminance	0.2363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F8BB9 #B97D4F

analogous

#4FB9B2 #4F8BB9 #4F56B9

triadic

#4F8BB9 #B94F8B #8BB94F

tetradic

#4F8BB9 #B24FB9 #B97D4F #56B94F

square

#4F8BB9 #B24FB9 #B97D4F #56B94F

split-complementary

#4F8BB9 #B94F56 #B9B24F

monochromatic

#284B65 #3A6B91 #4F8BB9 #7BA8CA #A7C5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#4F8BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#4F8BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F8BB9

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F8BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F8BB9	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778BBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6981B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f8bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 139, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.094 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acce',
    500: '#4f8bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f8bb9;
$custom-light: #88acce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f8bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.038,
    "s": 43.089,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61541,
    "c": 0.09401,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F8BB9

secondary

#C9AF9B

accent

#8C55D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F8BB9

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

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