#4FA5C5#4FA5C5

#4FA5C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.095 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA5C5
RGB	rgb(79, 165, 197)
HSL	hsl(196, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 16.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, -16.44, -24.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 29.25, 235.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% -0.0668 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.095 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7537, 32.6011, 57.6952)
Luminance	0.3260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA5C5 #C56F4F

analogous

#4FC5AA #4FA5C5 #4F6AC5

triadic

#4FA5C5 #C54FA5 #A5C54F

tetradic

#4FA5C5 #AA4FC5 #C56F4F #6AC54F

square

#4FA5C5 #AA4FC5 #C56F4F #6AC54F

split-complementary

#4FA5C5 #C54F6A #C5AA4F

monochromatic

#265F74 #3584A2 #4FA5C5 #7DBDD4 #ABD4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#4FA5C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#4FA5C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA5C5

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA5C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA5C5	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A2C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8395C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa5c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 165, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.095 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfd6',
    500: '#4fa5c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa5c5;
$custom-light: #8bbfd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa5c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.271,
    "s": 50.427,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68153,
    "c": 0.09491,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA5C5

secondary

#D1AC9F

accent

#744EDA

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA5C5

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

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