#4FA9C9#4FA9C9

#4FA9C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.097 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA9C9
RGB	rgb(79, 169, 201)
HSL	hsl(196, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 15.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, -17.34, -24.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 29.92, 234.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% -0.0696 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.097 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9509, 34.2525, 60.3854)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA9C9 #C96F4F

analogous

#4FC9AC #4FA9C9 #4F6CC9

triadic

#4FA9C9 #C94FA9 #A9C94F

tetradic

#4FA9C9 #AC4FC9 #C96F4F #6CC94F

square

#4FA9C9 #AC4FC9 #C96F4F #6CC94F

split-complementary

#4FA9C9 #C94F6C #C9AC4F

monochromatic

#256379 #3389A7 #4FA9C9 #7EC0D7 #ADD7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#4FA9C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#4FA9C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA9C9

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA9C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA9C9	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8699C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa9c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 169, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.097 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc2d9',
    500: '#4fa9c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa9c9;
$custom-light: #8cc2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa9c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.738,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69262,
    "c": 0.09728,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA9C9

secondary

#D4AEA0

accent

#714BDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA9C9

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

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