#4FA6C9#4FA6C9

#4FA6C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.098 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA6C9
RGB	rgb(79, 166, 201)
HSL	hsl(197, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 17.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, -15.74, -25.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 30.17, 238.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.56% -0.0664 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(68.56% 0.098 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3992, 33.1490, 60.2015)
Luminance	0.3315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA6C9 #C9724F

analogous

#4FC9AF #4FA6C9 #4F69C9

triadic

#4FA6C9 #C94FA6 #A6C94F

tetradic

#4FA6C9 #AF4FC9 #C9724F #69C94F

square

#4FA6C9 #AF4FC9 #C9724F #69C94F

split-complementary

#4FA6C9 #C94F69 #C9AF4F

monochromatic

#256179 #3386A7 #4FA6C9 #7EBED7 #ADD5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#4FA6C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#4FA6C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA6C9

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA6C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA6C9	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A3CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8296C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa6c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 166, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.098 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc0d9',
    500: '#4fa6c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa6c9;
$custom-light: #8bc0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa6c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.213,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68558,
    "c": 0.0978,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA6C9

secondary

#D4AFA0

accent

#754BDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA6C9

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

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