#4F8BC5#4F8BC5

#4F8BC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.108 H 249.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F8BC5
RGB	rgb(79, 139, 197)
HSL	hsl(209, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 29.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.24, -1.95, -35.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.24, 36.01, 266.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% -0.0384 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.108 249.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.5314, 24.1567, 56.2878)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F8BC5 #C5894F

analogous

#4FC5C4 #4F8BC5 #4F50C5

triadic

#4F8BC5 #C54F8B #8BC54F

tetradic

#4F8BC5 #C44FC5 #C5894F #50C54F

square

#4F8BC5 #C44FC5 #C5894F #50C54F

split-complementary

#4F8BC5 #C54F50 #C5C44F

monochromatic

#264D74 #356CA2 #4F8BC5 #7DA9D4 #ABC8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#4F8BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#4F8BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F8BC5

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F8BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F8BC5	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728DC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6382C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f8bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 139, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.108 249.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aacd7',
    500: '#4f8bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f8bc5;
$custom-light: #8aacd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f8bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.492,
    "s": 50.427,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62134,
    "c": 0.10834,
    "h": 249.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F8BC5

secondary

#D1B79F

accent

#934EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F8BC5

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

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