#4FA9E0#4FA9E0

#4FA9E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.118 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA9E0
RGB	rgb(79, 169, 224)
HSL	hsl(203, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(203, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 24.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, -10.10, -35.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 37.09, 254.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.0615 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.118 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8618, 35.4168, 75.7162)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA9E0 #E0864F

analogous

#4FE0CF #4FA9E0 #4F61E0

triadic

#4FA9E0 #E04FA9 #A9E04F

tetradic

#4FA9E0 #CF4FE0 #E0864F #61E04F

square

#4FA9E0 #CF4FE0 #E0864F #61E04F

split-complementary

#4FA9E0 #E04F61 #E0CF4F

monochromatic

#1B6A9A #248DCE #4FA9E0 #83C2E9 #B7DCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#4FA9E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#4FA9E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA9E0

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA9E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA9E0	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A9E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9ADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa9e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 169, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.118 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec2ea',
    500: '#4fa9e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa9e0;
$custom-light: #8ec2ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa9e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.759,
    "s": 70.048,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70286,
    "c": 0.11767,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA9E0

secondary

#E2BFA9

accent

#7E3BED

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA9E0

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

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