#4F8EA5#4F8EA5

#4F8EA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.074 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F8EA5
RGB	rgb(79, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(196, 35%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, -13.69, -18.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 22.92, 233.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% -0.053 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.074 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.6864, 23.7232, 39.1316)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F8EA5 #A5664F

analogous

#4FA591 #4F8EA5 #4F63A5

triadic

#4F8EA5 #A54F8E #8EA54F

tetradic

#4F8EA5 #914FA5 #A5664F #63A54F

square

#4F8EA5 #914FA5 #A5664F #63A54F

split-complementary

#4F8EA5 #A54F63 #A5914F

monochromatic

#274752 #3B6A7C #4F8EA5 #75A9BD #9EC3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#4F8EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#4F8EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F8EA5

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F8EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F8EA5	1.00	3.66	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.66	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)

#818BA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7482A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A9595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f8ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.074 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afbf',
    500: '#4f8ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f8ea5;
$custom-light: #86afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f8ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.047,
    "s": 35.246,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61355,
    "c": 0.07354,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F8EA5

secondary

#BD9E92

accent

#7A5DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F8EA5

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

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