#4FA9BE#4FA9BE

#4FA9BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.091 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA9BE
RGB	rgb(79, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, -20.66, -18.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 27.98, 222.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% -0.0739 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.091 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7030, 33.7533, 53.8130)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA9BE #BE644F

analogous

#4FBE9B #4FA9BE #4F72BE

triadic

#4FA9BE #BE4FA9 #A9BE4F

tetradic

#4FA9BE #9B4FBE #BE644F #72BE4F

square

#4FA9BE #9B4FBE #BE644F #72BE4F

split-complementary

#4FA9BE #BE4F72 #BE9B4F

monochromatic

#285E6B #388698 #4FA9BE #7CBFCF #A8D5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#4FA9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#4FA9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA9BE

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA9BE	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A98BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.091 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2d1',
    500: '#4fa9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa9be;
$custom-light: #8ac2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.351,
    "s": 46.058,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68813,
    "c": 0.09058,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA9BE

secondary

#CCA59C

accent

#6B52D6

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA9BE

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

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