#4F9CBC#4F9CBC

#4F9CBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.090 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F9CBC
RGB	rgb(79, 156, 188)
HSL	hsl(198, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 17%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.84, -14.37, -23.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.84, 27.76, 238.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% -0.0603 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.09 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1865, 29.0678, 51.9032)
Luminance	0.2907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F9CBC #BC6F4F

analogous

#4FBCA6 #4F9CBC #4F65BC

triadic

#4F9CBC #BC4F9C #9CBC4F

tetradic

#4F9CBC #A64FBC #BC6F4F #65BC4F

square

#4F9CBC #A64FBC #BC6F4F #65BC4F

split-complementary

#4F9CBC #BC4F65 #BCA64F

monochromatic

#285669 #397A95 #4F9CBC #7BB5CD #A8CEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#4F9CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#4F9CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F9CBC

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F9CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F9CBC	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B99BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f9cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 156, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.090 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9d0',
    500: '#4f9cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f9cbc;
$custom-light: #89b9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f9cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.615,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65651,
    "c": 0.08951,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F9CBC

secondary

#CBAA9C

accent

#7953D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F9CBC

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

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