#4FA9E6#4FA9E6

#4FA9E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.124 H 241.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA9E6
RGB	rgb(79, 169, 230)
HSL	hsl(204, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 26.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -8.15, -38.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 39.44, 258.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.0596 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.124 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6899, 35.7481, 80.0775)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA9E6 #E68C4F

analogous

#4FE6D7 #4FA9E6 #4F5EE6

triadic

#4FA9E6 #E64FA9 #A9E64F

tetradic

#4FA9E6 #D74FE6 #E68C4F #5EE64F

square

#4FA9E6 #D74FE6 #E68C4F #5EE64F

split-complementary

#4FA9E6 #E64F5E #E6D74F

monochromatic

#176BA3 #1F8ED9 #4FA9E6 #85C3EE #BADDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#4FA9E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#4FA9E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA9E6

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA9E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA9E6	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DAAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799BE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa9e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 169, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.124 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc2ee',
    500: '#4fa9e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa9e6;
$custom-light: #8fc2ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa9e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.238,
    "s": 75.124,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70572,
    "c": 0.12394,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA9E6

secondary

#E5C3AC

accent

#5F0ED7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA9E6

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

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