#4F8CB2#4F8CB2

#4F8CB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.086 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F8CB2
RGB	rgb(79, 140, 178)
HSL	hsl(203, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 21.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.72, -8.61, -25.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.72, 27.36, 251.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% -0.0458 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.086 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.6354, 23.6310, 45.5846)
Luminance	0.2363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F8CB2 #B2754F

analogous

#4FB2A6 #4F8CB2 #4F5BB2

triadic

#4F8CB2 #B24F8C #8CB24F

tetradic

#4F8CB2 #A64FB2 #B2754F #5BB24F

square

#4F8CB2 #A64FB2 #B2754F #5BB24F

split-complementary

#4F8CB2 #B24F5B #B2A64F

monochromatic

#29495E #3C6B88 #4F8CB2 #7AA8C5 #A4C4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#4F8CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#4F8CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F8CB2

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F8CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F8CB2	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)

#7B8BB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D81B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f8cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 140, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.086 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88adc9',
    500: '#4f8cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f8cb2;
$custom-light: #88adc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f8cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.03,
    "s": 39.13,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61447,
    "c": 0.08576,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F8CB2

secondary

#C4A998

accent

#8659CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F8CB2

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

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