#4FB0D8#4FB0D8

#4FB0D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.107 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB0D8
RGB	rgb(79, 176, 216)
HSL	hsl(198, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 18.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -16.41, -28.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 33.02, 240.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.0715 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.107 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1396, 37.6676, 70.5819)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB0D8 #D8774F

analogous

#4FD8BB #4FB0D8 #4F6CD8

triadic

#4FB0D8 #D84FB0 #B0D84F

tetradic

#4FB0D8 #BB4FD8 #D8774F #6CD84F

square

#4FB0D8 #BB4FD8 #D8774F #6CD84F

split-complementary

#4FB0D8 #D84F6C #D8BB4F

monochromatic

#1F6D8D #2A94BF #4FB0D8 #81C6E3 #B3DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#4FB0D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#4FB0D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB0D8

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB0D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB0D8	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BADDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889FD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb0d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 176, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.107 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec7e4',
    500: '#4fb0d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb0d8;
$custom-light: #8ec7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb0d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.518,
    "s": 63.721,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71535,
    "c": 0.10734,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB0D8

secondary

#DDB6A6

accent

#7141E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB0D8

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

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