#4F97C8#4F97C8

#4F97C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.103 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F97C8
RGB	rgb(79, 151, 200)
HSL	hsl(204, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 24.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, -7.84, -32.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 32.96, 256.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% -0.0506 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.103 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7125, 27.9633, 58.7275)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F97C8 #C8804F

analogous

#4FC8BD #4F97C8 #4F5AC8

triadic

#4F97C8 #C84F97 #97C84F

tetradic

#4F97C8 #BD4FC8 #C8804F #5AC84F

square

#4F97C8 #BD4FC8 #C8804F #5AC84F

split-complementary

#4F97C8 #C84F5A #C8BD4F

monochromatic

#255677 #3478A6 #4F97C8 #7EB3D7 #ACCEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#4F97C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#4F97C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F97C8

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F97C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F97C8	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8197CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708BC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f97c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 151, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.103 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb5d9',
    500: '#4f97c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f97c8;
$custom-light: #8bb5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f97c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.298,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65027,
    "c": 0.10308,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F97C8

secondary

#D3B5A0

accent

#864CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F97C8

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

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