#4FA5C8#4FA5C8

#4FA5C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.097 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA5C8
RGB	rgb(79, 165, 200)
HSL	hsl(197, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 17.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.95, -15.52, -25.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.95, 30.01, 238.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% -0.0657 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.097 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1008, 32.7400, 59.5236)
Luminance	0.3274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA5C8 #C8724F

analogous

#4FC8AE #4FA5C8 #4F69C8

triadic

#4FA5C8 #C84FA5 #A5C84F

tetradic

#4FA5C8 #AE4FC8 #C8724F #69C84F

square

#4FA5C8 #AE4FC8 #C8724F #69C84F

split-complementary

#4FA5C8 #C84F69 #C8AE4F

monochromatic

#256077 #3485A6 #4FA5C8 #7EBDD7 #ACD5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#4FA5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#4FA5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA5C8

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA5C8	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8195C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 165, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.097 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfd8',
    500: '#4fa5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa5c8;
$custom-light: #8bbfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.355,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68281,
    "c": 0.09722,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA5C8

secondary

#D3AFA0

accent

#764CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA5C8

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

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