#4FA0C4#4FA0C4

#4FA0C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.095 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA0C4
RGB	rgb(79, 160, 196)
HSL	hsl(198, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 18.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.33, -14.06, -25.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.33, 29.52, 241.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% -0.0618 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.095 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7552, 30.7869, 56.7990)
Luminance	0.3079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA0C4 #C4734F

analogous

#4FC4AE #4FA0C4 #4F66C4

triadic

#4FA0C4 #C44FA0 #A0C44F

tetradic

#4FA0C4 #AE4FC4 #C4734F #66C44F

square

#4FA0C4 #AE4FC4 #C4734F #66C44F

split-complementary

#4FA0C4 #C44F66 #C4AE4F

monochromatic

#265B72 #367FA0 #4FA0C4 #7DB9D3 #ABD1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#4FA0C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#4FA0C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA0C4

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA0C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA0C4	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D91C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa0c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 160, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.095 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbcd6',
    500: '#4fa0c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa0c4;
$custom-light: #8bbcd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa0c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 49.787,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66937,
    "c": 0.09517,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA0C4

secondary

#D0AE9E

accent

#794ED9

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA0C4

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

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