#4FA8CE#4FA8CE

#4FA8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.101 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA8CE
RGB	rgb(79, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, -15.26, -27.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 31.29, 240.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.0667 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.101 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3633, 34.1209, 63.4718)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA8CE #CE754F

analogous

#4FCEB4 #4FA8CE #4F68CE

triadic

#4FA8CE #CE4FA8 #A8CE4F

tetradic

#4FA8CE #B44FCE #CE754F #68CE4F

square

#4FA8CE #B44FCE #CE754F #68CE4F

split-complementary

#4FA8CE #CE4F68 #CEB44F

monochromatic

#23647F #3189AF #4FA8CE #7FC0DB #AFD7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#4FA8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#4FA8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA8CE

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA8CE	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	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)

#94A5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8298CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.101 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc1dd',
    500: '#4fa8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa8ce;
$custom-light: #8cc1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.953,
    "s": 56.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69241,
    "c": 0.10134,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA8CE

secondary

#D7B2A2

accent

#7548E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA8CE

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

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