#4FB2E0#4FB2E0

#4FB2E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.113 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB2E0
RGB	rgb(79, 178, 224)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 20.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -14.96, -31.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 35.02, 244.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0707 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.113 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5941, 38.8815, 76.2937)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB2E0 #E07D4F

analogous

#4FE0C5 #4FB2E0 #4F6AE0

triadic

#4FB2E0 #E04FB2 #B2E04F

tetradic

#4FB2E0 #C54FE0 #E07D4F #6AE04F

square

#4FB2E0 #C54FE0 #E07D4F #6AE04F

split-complementary

#4FB2E0 #E04F6A #E0C54F

monochromatic

#1B719A #2498CE #4FB2E0 #83C9E9 #B7E0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4FB2E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#4FB2E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB2E0

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB2E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB2E0	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB0E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A1DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb2e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 178, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.113 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9e9',
    500: '#4fb2e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb2e0;
$custom-light: #8fc9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb2e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.034,
    "s": 70.048,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72348,
    "c": 0.11341,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB2E0

secondary

#E2BBA9

accent

#733BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB2E0

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

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