#4FA8E0#4FA8E0

#4FA8E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.118 H 239.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA8E0
RGB	rgb(79, 168, 224)
HSL	hsl(203, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(203, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 25%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, -9.55, -36.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 37.37, 255.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.0605 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.118 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6765, 35.0462, 75.6545)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA8E0 #E0874F

analogous

#4FE0CF #4FA8E0 #4F60E0

triadic

#4FA8E0 #E04FA8 #A8E04F

tetradic

#4FA8E0 #CF4FE0 #E0874F #60E04F

square

#4FA8E0 #CF4FE0 #E0874F #60E04F

split-complementary

#4FA8E0 #E04F60 #E0CF4F

monochromatic

#1B699A #248CCE #4FA8E0 #83C2E9 #B7DBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#4FA8E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#4FA8E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA8E0

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA8E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA8E0	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA8E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A99DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa8e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 168, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.118 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec1ea',
    500: '#4fa8e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa8e0;
$custom-light: #8ec1ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa8e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.172,
    "s": 70.048,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70058,
    "c": 0.11825,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA8E0

secondary

#E2BFA9

accent

#803BED

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA8E0

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

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