#4FA9CA#4FA9CA

#4FA9CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.098 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA9CA
RGB	rgb(79, 169, 202)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 16.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, -17.03, -24.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 30.15, 235.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.3% -0.0693 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(69.3% 0.098 225)
XYZ	xyz(28.0689, 34.2997, 61.0069)
Luminance	0.3430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA9CA #CA704F

analogous

#4FCAAE #4FA9CA #4F6BCA

triadic

#4FA9CA #CA4FA9 #A9CA4F

tetradic

#4FA9CA #AE4FCA #CA704F #6BCA4F

square

#4FA9CA #AE4FCA #CA704F #6BCA4F

split-complementary

#4FA9CA #CA4F6B #CAAE4F

monochromatic

#25637A #3389A9 #4FA9CA #7EC0D8 #ADD7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#4FA9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#4FA9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA9CA

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA9CA	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8599CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 169, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.098 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc2da',
    500: '#4fa9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa9ca;
$custom-light: #8cc2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.098,
    "s": 53.712,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69304,
    "c": 0.09801,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.34302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA9CA

secondary

#D4AEA1

accent

#724BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA9CA

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

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