#4FB2D8#4FB2D8

#4FB2D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.107 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB2D8
RGB	rgb(79, 178, 216)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -17.46, -27.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 32.79, 237.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0736 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.107 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5346, 38.4576, 70.7136)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB2D8 #D8754F

analogous

#4FD8B9 #4FB2D8 #4F6ED8

triadic

#4FB2D8 #D84FB2 #B2D84F

tetradic

#4FB2D8 #B94FD8 #D8754F #6ED84F

square

#4FB2D8 #B94FD8 #D8754F #6ED84F

split-complementary

#4FB2D8 #D84F6E #D8B94F

monochromatic

#1F6F8D #2A96BF #4FB2D8 #81C8E3 #B3DEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4FB2D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#4FB2D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB2D8

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB2D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB2D8	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAFDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA0D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb2d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 178, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.107 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9e4',
    500: '#4fb2d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb2d8;
$custom-light: #8ec9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb2d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.642,
    "s": 63.721,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71999,
    "c": 0.10686,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB2D8

secondary

#DDB5A6

accent

#6F41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB2D8

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

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