#4F9BBD#4F9BBD

#4F9BBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.091 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F9BBD
RGB	rgb(79, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(199, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.58, -13.52, -24.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.58, 28.16, 241.32°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% -0.0588 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.091 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1276, 28.7768, 52.4172)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F9BBD #BD714F

analogous

#4FBDA8 #4F9BBD #4F64BD

triadic

#4F9BBD #BD4F9B #9BBD4F

tetradic

#4F9BBD #A84FBD #BD714F #64BD4F

square

#4F9BBD #A84FBD #BD714F #64BD4F

split-complementary

#4F9BBD #BD4F64 #BDA84F

monochromatic

#28556A #387996 #4F9BBD #7CB4CE #A8CEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#4F9BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#4F9BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F9BBD

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F9BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F9BBD	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f9bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.091 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8d1',
    500: '#4f9bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f9bbd;
$custom-light: #8ab8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f9bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.545,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65459,
    "c": 0.09058,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F9BBD

secondary

#CCAB9C

accent

#7B53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F9BBD

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

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