#4F8FAD#4F8FAD

#4F8FAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.080 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F8FAD
RGB	rgb(79, 143, 173)
HSL	hsl(199, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(199, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 17.3%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.41, -11.83, -22.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.41, 25.02, 241.78°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% -0.0511 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.08 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.5869, 24.3225, 43.1369)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F8FAD #AD6D4F

analogous

#4FAD9C #4F8FAD #4F60AD

triadic

#4F8FAD #AD4F8F #8FAD4F

tetradic

#4F8FAD #9C4FAD #AD6D4F #60AD4F

square

#4F8FAD #9C4FAD #AD6D4F #60AD4F

split-complementary

#4F8FAD #AD4F60 #AD9C4F

monochromatic

#294A59 #3C6C83 #4F8FAD #78AAC1 #A2C4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#4F8FAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#4F8FAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F8FAD

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F8FAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F8FAD	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808DAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7383AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#089799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f8fad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 143, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.080 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afc5',
    500: '#4f8fad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f8fad;
$custom-light: #87afc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f8fad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.149,
    "s": 37.302,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61932,
    "c": 0.07983,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F8FAD

secondary

#C2A496

accent

#7F5BCD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F8FAD

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

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