#4FA8E6#4FA8E6

#4FA8E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.125 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA8E6
RGB	rgb(79, 168, 230)
HSL	hsl(205, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(205, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 27%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, -7.60, -39.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 39.76, 258.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0586 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.125 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5046, 35.3774, 80.0158)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA8E6 #E68D4F

analogous

#4FE6D9 #4FA8E6 #4F5CE6

triadic

#4FA8E6 #E64FA8 #A8E64F

tetradic

#4FA8E6 #D94FE6 #E68D4F #5CE64F

square

#4FA8E6 #D94FE6 #E68D4F #5CE64F

split-complementary

#4FA8E6 #E64F5C #E6D94F

monochromatic

#176AA3 #1F8DD9 #4FA8E6 #85C2EE #BADDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#4FA8E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#4FA8E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA8E6

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA8E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA8E6	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779AE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 168, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.125 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc1ee',
    500: '#4fa8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa8e6;
$custom-light: #8fc1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.636,
    "s": 75.124,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70346,
    "c": 0.12461,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA8E6

secondary

#E5C3AC

accent

#610ED7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA8E6

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

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