#4FA0B9#4FA0B9

#4FA0B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.087 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA0B9
RGB	rgb(79, 160, 185)
HSL	hsl(194, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 13.5%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.92, -17.42, -20.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.92, 26.84, 229.52°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% -0.0659 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.087 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5488, 30.3043, 50.4452)
Luminance	0.3031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA0B9 #B9684F

analogous

#4FB99D #4FA0B9 #4F6BB9

triadic

#4FA0B9 #B94FA0 #A0B94F

tetradic

#4FA0B9 #9D4FB9 #B9684F #6BB94F

square

#4FA0B9 #9D4FB9 #B9684F #6BB94F

split-complementary

#4FA0B9 #B94F6B #B99D4F

monochromatic

#285765 #3A7C91 #4FA0B9 #7BB8CA #A7CFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#4FA0B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#4FA0B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA0B9

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA0B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA0B9	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919CBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8191B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa0b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 160, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.087 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bcce',
    500: '#4fa0b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa0b9;
$custom-light: #89bcce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa0b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.151,
    "s": 43.089,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66472,
    "c": 0.08697,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA0B9

secondary

#C9A69B

accent

#7355D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA0B9

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

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