#4FA9C8#4FA9C8

#4FA9C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.097 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA9C8
RGB	rgb(79, 169, 200)
HSL	hsl(195, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, -17.65, -23.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 29.70, 233.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.07 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.097 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8336, 34.2056, 59.7679)
Luminance	0.3421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA9C8 #C86E4F

analogous

#4FC8AB #4FA9C8 #4F6DC8

triadic

#4FA9C8 #C84FA9 #A9C84F

tetradic

#4FA9C8 #AB4FC8 #C86E4F #6DC84F

square

#4FA9C8 #AB4FC8 #C86E4F #6DC84F

split-complementary

#4FA9C8 #C84F6D #C8AB4F

monochromatic

#256277 #3489A6 #4FA9C8 #7EC0D7 #ACD7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#4FA9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#4FA9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA9C8

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA9C8	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A5CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8698C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 169, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.097 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc2d8',
    500: '#4fa9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa9c8;
$custom-light: #8bc2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.372,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6922,
    "c": 0.09657,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA9C8

secondary

#D3ADA0

accent

#714CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA9C8

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

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