#4FA9CC#4FA9CC

#4FA9CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.100 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA9CC
RGB	rgb(79, 169, 204)
HSL	hsl(197, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 17.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, -16.42, -25.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 30.64, 237.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.39% -0.0685 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(69.39% 0.1 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3072, 34.3950, 62.2621)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA9CC #CC724F

analogous

#4FCCB0 #4FA9CC #4F6ACC

triadic

#4FA9CC #CC4FA9 #A9CC4F

tetradic

#4FA9CC #B04FCC #CC724F #6ACC4F

square

#4FA9CC #B04FCC #CC724F #6ACC4F

split-complementary

#4FA9CC #CC4F6A #CCB04F

monochromatic

#24647D #328AAC #4FA9CC #7EC0DA #AED7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#4FA9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#4FA9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA9CC

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA9CC	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8499CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 169, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.100 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc2db',
    500: '#4fa9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa9cc;
$custom-light: #8cc2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 55.066,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69389,
    "c": 0.09952,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA9CC

secondary

#D5B0A1

accent

#7349DE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA9CC

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

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