#4FA0BD#4FA0BD

#4FA0BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.090 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA0BD
RGB	rgb(79, 160, 189)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.06, -16.22, -22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.06, 27.68, 234.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.64% -0.0644 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(66.64% 0.09 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9770, 30.4756, 52.7004)
Luminance	0.3048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA0BD #BD6C4F

analogous

#4FBDA3 #4FA0BD #4F69BD

triadic

#4FA0BD #BD4FA0 #A0BD4F

tetradic

#4FA0BD #A34FBD #BD6C4F #69BD4F

square

#4FA0BD #A34FBD #BD6C4F #69BD4F

split-complementary

#4FA0BD #BD4F69 #BDA34F

monochromatic

#28586A #387E96 #4FA0BD #7CB8CE #A8D0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#4FA0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#4FA0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA0BD

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA0BD	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8091BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 160, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.090 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abcd1',
    500: '#4fa0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa0bd;
$custom-light: #8abcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.818,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66638,
    "c": 0.08967,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA0BD

secondary

#CCA99C

accent

#7553D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA0BD

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

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