#4FA9CD#4FA9CD

#4FA9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.100 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA9CD
RGB	rgb(79, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, -16.11, -26.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 30.90, 238.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0682 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.1 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4275, 34.4431, 62.8958)
Luminance	0.3445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA9CD #CD734F

analogous

#4FCDB2 #4FA9CD #4F6ACD

triadic

#4FA9CD #CD4FA9 #A9CD4F

tetradic

#4FA9CD #B24FCD #CD734F #6ACD4F

square

#4FA9CD #B24FCD #CD734F #6ACD4F

split-complementary

#4FA9CD #CD4F6A #CDB24F

monochromatic

#24647E #318AAE #4FA9CD #7FC0DB #AED8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#4FA9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#4FA9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA9CD

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA9CD	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8499CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.100 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc2dc',
    500: '#4fa9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa9cd;
$custom-light: #8cc2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69431,
    "c": 0.10029,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA9CD

secondary

#D6B1A2

accent

#7449DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA9CD

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

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