#4FA8C8#4FA8C8

#4FA8C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.097 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA8C8
RGB	rgb(79, 168, 200)
HSL	hsl(196, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 16%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, -17.12, -24.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 29.75, 234.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.0689 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.097 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6483, 33.8349, 59.7061)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA8C8 #C86F4F

analogous

#4FC8AC #4FA8C8 #4F6BC8

triadic

#4FA8C8 #C84FA8 #A8C84F

tetradic

#4FA8C8 #AC4FC8 #C86F4F #6BC84F

square

#4FA8C8 #AC4FC8 #C86F4F #6BC84F

split-complementary

#4FA8C8 #C84F6B #C8AC4F

monochromatic

#256277 #3488A6 #4FA8C8 #7EBFD7 #ACD6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#4FA8C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#4FA8C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA8C8

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA8C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA8C8	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A5CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8598C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa8c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 168, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.097 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc2d8',
    500: '#4fa8c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa8c8;
$custom-light: #8bc2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa8c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.868,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68985,
    "c": 0.09669,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA8C8

secondary

#D3ADA0

accent

#724CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA8C8

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

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