#4FA3C8#4FA3C8

#4FA3C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.098 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA3C8
RGB	rgb(79, 163, 200)
HSL	hsl(198, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 18.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.36, -14.44, -26.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.36, 30.26, 241.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% -0.0636 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.098 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7429, 32.0242, 59.4043)
Luminance	0.3203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA3C8 #C8744F

analogous

#4FC8B1 #4FA3C8 #4F67C8

triadic

#4FA3C8 #C84FA3 #A3C84F

tetradic

#4FA3C8 #B14FC8 #C8744F #67C84F

square

#4FA3C8 #B14FC8 #C8744F #67C84F

split-complementary

#4FA3C8 #C84F67 #C8B14F

monochromatic

#255E77 #3483A6 #4FA3C8 #7EBBD7 #ACD4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#4FA3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#4FA3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA3C8

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA3C8	1.00	2.84	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F94C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 163, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.098 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbed8',
    500: '#4fa3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa3c8;
$custom-light: #8bbed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.347,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67813,
    "c": 0.09772,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA3C8

secondary

#D3AFA0

accent

#784CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA3C8

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

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