#4FA5C4#4FA5C4

#4FA5C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.094 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA5C4
RGB	rgb(79, 165, 196)
HSL	hsl(196, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 15.8%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, -16.75, -23.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 29.01, 234.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% -0.0672 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.094 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6395, 32.5554, 57.0938)
Luminance	0.3256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA5C4 #C46E4F

analogous

#4FC4A8 #4FA5C4 #4F6BC4

triadic

#4FA5C4 #C44FA5 #A5C44F

tetradic

#4FA5C4 #A84FC4 #C46E4F #6BC44F

square

#4FA5C4 #A84FC4 #C46E4F #6BC44F

split-complementary

#4FA5C4 #C44F6B #C4A84F

monochromatic

#265E72 #3684A0 #4FA5C4 #7DBCD3 #ABD4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#4FA5C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#4FA5C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA5C4

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA5C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA5C4	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A2C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8395C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa5c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 165, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.094 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfd6',
    500: '#4fa5c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa5c4;
$custom-light: #8bbfd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa5c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.897,
    "s": 49.787,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68111,
    "c": 0.09418,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA5C4

secondary

#D0AC9E

accent

#734ED9

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA5C4

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

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