#4F8BC9#4F8BC9

#4F8BC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.113 H 250.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F8BC9
RGB	rgb(79, 139, 201)
HSL	hsl(210, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 30.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, -0.63, -37.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 37.93, 269.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% -0.0373 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.113 250.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.9959, 24.3424, 58.7337)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4F8BC9 #C98D4F

analogous

#4FC8C9 #4F8BC9 #504FC9

triadic

#4F8BC9 #C94F8B #8BC94F

tetradic

#4F8BC9 #C94FC8 #C98D4F #4FC950

square

#4F8BC9 #C94FC8 #C98D4F #4FC950

split-complementary

#4F8BC9 #C9504F #C8C94F

monochromatic

#254E79 #336CA7 #4F8BC9 #7EAAD7 #ADC9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#4F8BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#4F8BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F8BC9

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F8BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F8BC9	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6082C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f8bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 139, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.113 250.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aacd9',
    500: '#4f8bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f8bc9;
$custom-light: #8aacd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f8bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.492,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6234,
    "c": 0.11331,
    "h": 250.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F8BC9

secondary

#D4BAA0

accent

#954BDC

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F8BC9

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

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