#4FA5C9#4FA5C9

#4FA5C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.098 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA5C9
RGB	rgb(79, 165, 201)
HSL	hsl(198, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 17.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, -15.21, -26.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 30.28, 239.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% -0.0653 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.098 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2181, 32.7869, 60.1411)
Luminance	0.3279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA5C9 #C9734F

analogous

#4FC9B0 #4FA5C9 #4F68C9

triadic

#4FA5C9 #C94FA5 #A5C94F

tetradic

#4FA5C9 #B04FC9 #C9734F #68C94F

square

#4FA5C9 #B04FC9 #C9734F #68C94F

split-complementary

#4FA5C9 #C94F68 #C9B04F

monochromatic

#256079 #3385A7 #4FA5C9 #7EBDD7 #ADD5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#4FA5C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#4FA5C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA5C9

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA5C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA5C9	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8195C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa5c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 165, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.098 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfd9',
    500: '#4fa5c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa5c9;
$custom-light: #8bbfd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa5c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.705,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68324,
    "c": 0.09802,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA5C9

secondary

#D4AFA0

accent

#764BDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA5C9

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

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