#4F8EC9#4F8EC9

#4F8EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.111 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F8EC9
RGB	rgb(79, 142, 201)
HSL	hsl(209, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 29.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.29, -2.38, -36.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.29, 36.65, 266.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% -0.0405 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.111 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4362, 25.2231, 58.8805)
Luminance	0.2522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F8EC9 #C98A4F

analogous

#4FC9C7 #4F8EC9 #4F51C9

triadic

#4F8EC9 #C94F8E #8EC94F

tetradic

#4F8EC9 #C74FC9 #C98A4F #51C94F

square

#4F8EC9 #C74FC9 #C98A4F #51C94F

split-complementary

#4F8EC9 #C94F51 #C9C74F

monochromatic

#255079 #336FA7 #4F8EC9 #7EACD7 #ADCAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4F8EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#4F8EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F8EC9

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F8EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F8EC9	1.00	3.47	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7590CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6484C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f8ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 142, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.111 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baed9',
    500: '#4f8ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f8ec9;
$custom-light: #8baed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f8ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.016,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63018,
    "c": 0.11074,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F8EC9

secondary

#D4B9A0

accent

#924BDC

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F8EC9

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

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