#4FA8E1#4FA8E1

#4FA8E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.119 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA8E1
RGB	rgb(79, 168, 225)
HSL	hsl(203, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 25.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, -9.22, -36.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 37.76, 255.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.0602 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.119 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8125, 35.1006, 76.3708)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA8E1 #E1884F

analogous

#4FE1D1 #4FA8E1 #4F5FE1

triadic

#4FA8E1 #E14FA8 #A8E14F

tetradic

#4FA8E1 #D14FE1 #E1884F #5FE14F

square

#4FA8E1 #D14FE1 #E1884F #5FE14F

split-complementary

#4FA8E1 #E14F5F #E1D14F

monochromatic

#1A699B #238CCF #4FA8E1 #83C2EA #B8DCF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#4FA8E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#4FA8E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA8E1

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA8E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA8E1	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA8E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9AE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa8e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 168, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.119 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec1ea',
    500: '#4fa8e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa8e1;
$custom-light: #8ec1ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa8e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.425,
    "s": 70.874,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70106,
    "c": 0.11929,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA8E1

secondary

#E2C0AA

accent

#803AEE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA8E1

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

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