#4FA9E2#4FA9E2

#4FA9E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.120 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA9E2
RGB	rgb(79, 169, 226)
HSL	hsl(203, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 25.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, -9.45, -36.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 37.85, 255.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.0609 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.12 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1346, 35.5260, 77.1531)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA9E2 #E2884F

analogous

#4FE2D1 #4FA9E2 #4F60E2

triadic

#4FA9E2 #E24FA9 #A9E24F

tetradic

#4FA9E2 #D14FE2 #E2884F #60E24F

square

#4FA9E2 #D14FE2 #E2884F #60E24F

split-complementary

#4FA9E2 #E24F60 #E2D14F

monochromatic

#1A6A9D #228ED1 #4FA9E2 #84C3EB #B8DCF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#4FA9E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#4FA9E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA9E2

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA9E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA9E2	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9AE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa9e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 169, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.120 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc2eb',
    500: '#4fa9e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa9e2;
$custom-light: #8fc2eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa9e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.265,
    "s": 71.707,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70381,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA9E2

secondary

#E3C0AA

accent

#8039EE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA9E2

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

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