#4F8BCD#4F8BCD

#4F8BCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.118 H 252.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F8BCD
RGB	rgb(79, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(211, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.62, 0.69, -39.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.62, 39.90, 270.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% -0.0361 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.118 252.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4725, 24.5331, 61.2441)
Luminance	0.2454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F8BCD #CD914F

analogous

#4FCACD #4F8BCD #524FCD

triadic

#4F8BCD #CD4F8B #8BCD4F

tetradic

#4F8BCD #CD4FCA #CD914F #4FCD52

square

#4F8BCD #CD4FCA #CD914F #4FCD52

split-complementary

#4F8BCD #CD524F #CACD4F

monochromatic

#244F7E #316CAE #4F8BCD #7FAADB #AECAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#4F8BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#4F8BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F8BCD

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F8BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F8BCD	1.00	3.56	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8ED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E82CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f8bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.118 252.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bacdc',
    500: '#4f8bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f8bcd;
$custom-light: #8bacdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f8bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.429,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6255,
    "c": 0.11837,
    "h": 252.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F8BCD

secondary

#D6BDA2

accent

#9749DF

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F8BCD

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

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