#4FB3D6#4FB3D6

#4FB3D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.105 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB3D6
RGB	rgb(79, 179, 214)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 16.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -18.61, -26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 32.24, 234.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0753 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.105 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4773, 38.7542, 69.4267)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB3D6 #D6724F

analogous

#4FD6B6 #4FB3D6 #4F6FD6

triadic

#4FB3D6 #D64FB3 #B3D64F

tetradic

#4FB3D6 #B64FD6 #D6724F #6FD64F

square

#4FB3D6 #B64FD6 #D6724F #6FD64F

split-complementary

#4FB3D6 #D64F6F #D6B64F

monochromatic

#206F8A #2C97BC #4FB3D6 #81C8E2 #B2DEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4FB3D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#4FB3D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB3D6

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB3D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB3D6	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAFD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA1D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb3d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 179, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.105 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9e2',
    500: '#4fb3d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb3d6;
$custom-light: #8ec9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb3d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.556,
    "s": 62.212,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72147,
    "c": 0.10521,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB3D6

secondary

#DCB3A5

accent

#6D43E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB3D6

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

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