#4F9BB9#4F9BB9

#4F9BB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.087 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F9BB9
RGB	rgb(79, 155, 185)
HSL	hsl(197, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 16.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, -14.74, -22.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 27.06, 236.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% -0.0603 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.087 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6994, 28.6055, 50.1620)
Luminance	0.2861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F9BB9 #B96D4F

analogous

#4FB9A2 #4F9BB9 #4F66B9

triadic

#4F9BB9 #B94F9B #9BB94F

tetradic

#4F9BB9 #A24FB9 #B96D4F #66B94F

square

#4F9BB9 #A24FB9 #B96D4F #66B94F

split-complementary

#4F9BB9 #B94F66 #B9A24F

monochromatic

#285465 #3A7891 #4F9BB9 #7BB4CA #A7CDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#4F9BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#4F9BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F9BB9

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F9BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F9BB9	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B98BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f9bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 155, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.087 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8ce',
    500: '#4f9bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f9bb9;
$custom-light: #89b8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f9bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.981,
    "s": 43.089,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65287,
    "c": 0.08732,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F9BB9

secondary

#C9A89B

accent

#7955D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F9BB9

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

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