#4FA8CD#4FA8CD

#4FA8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.101 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA8CD
RGB	rgb(79, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, -15.58, -26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 31.02, 239.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% -0.0671 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.101 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.2422, 34.0725, 62.8340)
Luminance	0.3407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA8CD #CD744F

analogous

#4FCDB3 #4FA8CD #4F69CD

triadic

#4FA8CD #CD4FA8 #A8CD4F

tetradic

#4FA8CD #B34FCD #CD744F #69CD4F

square

#4FA8CD #B34FCD #CD744F #69CD4F

split-complementary

#4FA8CD #CD4F69 #CDB34F

monochromatic

#24637E #3189AE #4FA8CD #7FC0DB #AED7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#4FA8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#4FA8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA8CD

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA8CD	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.101 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc2dc',
    500: '#4fa8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa8cd;
$custom-light: #8cc2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.619,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69198,
    "c": 0.10053,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA8CD

secondary

#D6B1A2

accent

#7549DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA8CD

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

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