#4FA9CE#4FA9CE

#4FA9CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.101 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA9CE
RGB	rgb(79, 169, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 18%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, -15.80, -26.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 31.17, 239.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% -0.0678 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.101 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5486, 34.4916, 63.5336)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA9CE #CE744F

analogous

#4FCEB3 #4FA9CE #4F69CE

triadic

#4FA9CE #CE4FA9 #A9CE4F

tetradic

#4FA9CE #B34FCE #CE744F #69CE4F

square

#4FA9CE #B34FCE #CE744F #69CE4F

split-complementary

#4FA9CE #CE4F69 #CEB34F

monochromatic

#23647F #318AAF #4FA9CE #7FC0DB #AFD8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#4FA9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#4FA9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA9CE

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA9CE	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8499CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 169, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.101 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc2dd',
    500: '#4fa9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa9ce;
$custom-light: #8cc2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.48,
    "s": 56.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69474,
    "c": 0.10108,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA9CE

secondary

#D7B1A2

accent

#7448E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA9CE

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

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