#4FA9CB#4FA9CB

#4FA9CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.099 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA9CB
RGB	rgb(79, 169, 203)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, -16.73, -25.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 30.39, 236.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% -0.0689 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.099 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1877, 34.3472, 61.6325)
Luminance	0.3435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA9CB #CB714F

analogous

#4FCBAF #4FA9CB #4F6BCB

triadic

#4FA9CB #CB4FA9 #A9CB4F

tetradic

#4FA9CB #AF4FCB #CB714F #6BCB4F

square

#4FA9CB #AF4FCB #CB714F #6BCB4F

split-complementary

#4FA9CB #CB4F6B #CBAF4F

monochromatic

#24637B #328AAA #4FA9CB #7EC0D9 #ADD7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#4FA9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#4FA9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA9CB

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA9CB	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8599CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 169, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.099 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc2db',
    500: '#4fa9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa9cb;
$custom-light: #8cc2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.452,
    "s": 54.386,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69346,
    "c": 0.09876,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA9CB

secondary

#D5AFA1

accent

#734ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA9CB

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

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