#4F97B4#4F97B4

#4F97B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.084 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F97B4
RGB	rgb(79, 151, 180)
HSL	hsl(197, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 16.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, -14.10, -21.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 26.10, 237.32°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% -0.0577 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.084 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.5261, 27.0887, 47.2127)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F97B4 #B46C4F

analogous

#4FB49E #4F97B4 #4F64B4

triadic

#4F97B4 #B44F97 #97B44F

tetradic

#4F97B4 #9E4FB4 #B46C4F #64B44F

square

#4F97B4 #9E4FB4 #B46C4F #64B44F

split-complementary

#4F97B4 #B44F64 #B49E4F

monochromatic

#295060 #3B748B #4F97B4 #7AB0C6 #A5CAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#4F97B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#4F97B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F97B4

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F97B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F97B4	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8794B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7989B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f97b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 151, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.084 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5ca',
    500: '#4f97b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f97b4;
$custom-light: #88b5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f97b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.228,
    "s": 40.239,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64128,
    "c": 0.08404,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F97B4

secondary

#C6A699

accent

#7A58D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F97B4

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

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