#4F8DAD#4F8DAD

#4F8DAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.080 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F8DAD
RGB	rgb(79, 141, 173)
HSL	hsl(200, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(200, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, -10.72, -22.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 25.34, 244.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% -0.0488 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.08 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.2893, 23.7274, 43.0377)
Luminance	0.2373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F8DAD #AD6F4F

analogous

#4FAD9E #4F8DAD #4F5EAD

triadic

#4F8DAD #AD4F8D #8DAD4F

tetradic

#4F8DAD #9E4FAD #AD6F4F #5EAD4F

square

#4F8DAD #9E4FAD #AD6F4F #5EAD4F

split-complementary

#4F8DAD #AD4F5E #AD9E4F

monochromatic

#294959 #3C6B83 #4F8DAD #78A8C1 #A2C3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#4F8DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#4F8DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F8DAD

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F8DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F8DAD	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8BAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7081AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A9697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f8dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 141, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.080 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aec5',
    500: '#4f8dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f8dad;
$custom-light: #87aec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f8dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.426,
    "s": 37.302,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61458,
    "c": 0.0804,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F8DAD

secondary

#C2A596

accent

#825BCD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F8DAD

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

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