#4FAAE5#4FAAE5

#4FAAE5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.122 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FAAE5
RGB	rgb(79, 170, 229)
HSL	hsl(204, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 25.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, -9.03, -37.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 38.72, 256.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0609 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.122 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7366, 36.0655, 79.4023)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4FAAE5 #E58A4F

analogous

#4FE5D5 #4FAAE5 #4F5FE5

triadic

#4FAAE5 #E54FAA #AAE54F

tetradic

#4FAAE5 #D54FE5 #E58A4F #5FE54F

square

#4FAAE5 #D54FE5 #E58A4F #5FE54F

split-complementary

#4FAAE5 #E54F5F #E5D54F

monochromatic

#186CA2 #208FD7 #4FAAE5 #84C4ED #BADEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#4FAAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#4FAAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FAAE5

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FAAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FAAE5	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9BE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4faae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 170, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.122 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc3ed',
    500: '#4faae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4faae5;
$custom-light: #8fc3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4faae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.6,
    "s": 74.257,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70751,
    "c": 0.12224,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FAAE5

secondary

#E5C2AB

accent

#5D0FD6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FAAE5

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

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