#4FA9E5#4FA9E5

#4FA9E5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.123 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA9E5
RGB	rgb(79, 169, 229)
HSL	hsl(204, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 26.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, -8.48, -38.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 39.04, 257.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0599 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.123 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5499, 35.6921, 79.3401)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA9E5 #E58B4F

analogous

#4FE5D6 #4FA9E5 #4F5EE5

triadic

#4FA9E5 #E54FA9 #A9E54F

tetradic

#4FA9E5 #D64FE5 #E58B4F #5EE54F

square

#4FA9E5 #D64FE5 #E58B4F #5EE54F

split-complementary

#4FA9E5 #E54F5E #E5D64F

monochromatic

#186BA2 #208ED7 #4FA9E5 #84C3ED #BADDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#4FA9E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#4FA9E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA9E5

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA9E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA9E5	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA9E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799BE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa9e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 169, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.123 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc2ed',
    500: '#4fa9e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa9e5;
$custom-light: #8fc2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa9e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 74.257,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70524,
    "c": 0.12288,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA9E5

secondary

#E5C2AB

accent

#5F0FD6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA9E5

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

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