#4F96B4#4F96B4

#4F96B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.084 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F96B4
RGB	rgb(79, 150, 180)
HSL	hsl(198, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, -13.55, -22.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 26.20, 238.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% -0.0566 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.084 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.3659, 26.7682, 47.1593)
Luminance	0.2677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F96B4 #B46D4F

analogous

#4FB49F #4F96B4 #4F63B4

triadic

#4F96B4 #B44F96 #96B44F

tetradic

#4F96B4 #9F4FB4 #B46D4F #63B44F

square

#4F96B4 #9F4FB4 #B46D4F #63B44F

split-complementary

#4F96B4 #B44F63 #B49F4F

monochromatic

#294F60 #3B738B #4F96B4 #7AB0C6 #A5C9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#4F96B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#4F96B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F96B4

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F96B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F96B4	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8694B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7889B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f96b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 150, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.084 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5ca',
    500: '#4f96b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f96b4;
$custom-light: #88b5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f96b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.822,
    "s": 40.239,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63891,
    "c": 0.08421,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F96B4

secondary

#C6A699

accent

#7B58D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F96B4

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

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