#4FA9E1#4FA9E1

#4FA9E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.119 H 239.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA9E1
RGB	rgb(79, 169, 225)
HSL	hsl(203, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 24.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -9.77, -36.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 37.47, 254.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% -0.0612 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.119 239)
XYZ	xyz(30.9978, 35.4712, 76.4326)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA9E1 #E1874F

analogous

#4FE1D0 #4FA9E1 #4F60E1

triadic

#4FA9E1 #E14FA9 #A9E14F

tetradic

#4FA9E1 #D04FE1 #E1874F #60E14F

square

#4FA9E1 #D04FE1 #E1874F #60E14F

split-complementary

#4FA9E1 #E14F60 #E1D04F

monochromatic

#1A6A9B #238DCF #4FA9E1 #83C3EA #B8DCF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#4FA9E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#4FA9E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA9E1

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA9E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA9E1	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9AE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa9e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 169, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.119 239.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec2ea',
    500: '#4fa9e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa9e1;
$custom-light: #8ec2ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa9e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.014,
    "s": 70.874,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70333,
    "c": 0.1187,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.35474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA9E1

secondary

#E2BFAA

accent

#7F3AEE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA9E1

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

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