#4F8DC8#4F8DC8

#4F8DC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.110 H 248.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F8DC8
RGB	rgb(79, 141, 200)
HSL	hsl(209, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 29.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.96, -2.13, -36.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.96, 36.60, 266.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% -0.0397 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.11 248.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.1708, 24.8800, 58.2136)
Luminance	0.2488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F8DC8 #C88A4F

analogous

#4FC8C6 #4F8DC8 #4F51C8

triadic

#4F8DC8 #C84F8D #8DC84F

tetradic

#4F8DC8 #C64FC8 #C88A4F #51C84F

square

#4F8DC8 #C64FC8 #C88A4F #51C84F

split-complementary

#4F8DC8 #C84F51 #C8C64F

monochromatic

#254F77 #346EA6 #4F8DC8 #7EABD7 #ACC9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#4F8DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#4F8DC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F8DC8

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F8DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F8DC8	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6483C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f8dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 141, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.110 248.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaed9',
    500: '#4f8dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f8dc8;
$custom-light: #8aaed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f8dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.256,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62741,
    "c": 0.11035,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F8DC8

secondary

#D3B9A0

accent

#924CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F8DC8

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

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