#4FA9BC#4FA9BC

#4FA9BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.090 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA9BC
RGB	rgb(79, 169, 188)
HSL	hsl(190, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 10.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, -21.25, -17.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 27.76, 220.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% -0.0747 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.09 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4859, 33.6665, 52.6697)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA9BC #BC624F

analogous

#4FBC99 #4FA9BC #4F72BC

triadic

#4FA9BC #BC4FA9 #A9BC4F

tetradic

#4FA9BC #994FBC #BC624F #72BC4F

square

#4FA9BC #994FBC #BC624F #72BC4F

split-complementary

#4FA9BC #BC4F72 #BC994F

monochromatic

#285D69 #398595 #4FA9BC #7BBFCD #A8D4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#4FA9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#4FA9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA9BC

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA9BC	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A98BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 169, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.090 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2d0',
    500: '#4fa9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa9bc;
$custom-light: #8ac2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.459,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68735,
    "c": 0.08964,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA9BC

secondary

#CBA49C

accent

#6A53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA9BC

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

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