#4FA0B5#4FA0B5

#4FA0B5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.085 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA0B5
RGB	rgb(79, 160, 181)
HSL	hsl(192, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 11.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.77, -18.62, -18.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.77, 26.17, 224.65°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% -0.0675 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.085 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1325, 30.1378, 48.2525)
Luminance	0.3014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA0B5 #B5644F

analogous

#4FB597 #4FA0B5 #4F6DB5

triadic

#4FA0B5 #B54FA0 #A0B54F

tetradic

#4FA0B5 #974FB5 #B5644F #6DB54F

square

#4FA0B5 #974FB5 #B5644F #6DB54F

split-complementary

#4FA0B5 #B54F6D #B5974F

monochromatic

#295561 #3B7B8C #4FA0B5 #7AB7C7 #A5CFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#4FA0B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#4FA0B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA0B5

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA0B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA0B5	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929CB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8390B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa0b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 160, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.085 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bccb',
    500: '#4fa0b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa0b5;
$custom-light: #89bccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa0b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.353,
    "s": 40.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6631,
    "c": 0.0846,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA0B5

secondary

#C6A399

accent

#7057D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA0B5

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

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