#4F97B5#4F97B5

#4F97B5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.085 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F97B5
RGB	rgb(79, 151, 181)
HSL	hsl(198, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 16.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, -13.79, -22.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 26.37, 238.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% -0.0573 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.085 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6284, 27.1296, 47.7512)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F97B5 #B56D4F

analogous

#4FB5A0 #4F97B5 #4F64B5

triadic

#4F97B5 #B54F97 #97B54F

tetradic

#4F97B5 #A04FB5 #B56D4F #64B54F

square

#4F97B5 #A04FB5 #B56D4F #64B54F

split-complementary

#4F97B5 #B54F64 #B5A04F

monochromatic

#295061 #3B748C #4F97B5 #7AB0C7 #A5CAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#4F97B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#4F97B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F97B5

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F97B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F97B5	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8794B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7989B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f97b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 151, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.085 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5cb',
    500: '#4f97b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f97b5;
$custom-light: #88b5cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f97b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 40.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64171,
    "c": 0.08483,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F97B5

secondary

#C6A799

accent

#7B57D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F97B5

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

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