#4FB3E1#4FB3E1

#4FB3E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.114 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB3E1
RGB	rgb(79, 179, 225)
HSL	hsl(199, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -15.18, -31.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 35.15, 244.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0714 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.114 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9298, 39.3352, 77.0766)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB3E1 #E17D4F

analogous

#4FE1C6 #4FB3E1 #4F6AE1

triadic

#4FB3E1 #E14FB3 #B3E14F

tetradic

#4FB3E1 #C64FE1 #E17D4F #6AE14F

square

#4FB3E1 #C64FE1 #E17D4F #6AE14F

split-complementary

#4FB3E1 #E14F6A #E1C64F

monochromatic

#1A739B #2399CF #4FB3E1 #83CAEA #B8E0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4FB3E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#4FB3E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB3E1

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB3E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB3E1	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB1E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb3e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 179, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.114 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9ea',
    500: '#4fb3e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb3e1;
$custom-light: #8fc9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb3e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.904,
    "s": 70.874,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72622,
    "c": 0.11392,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB3E1

secondary

#E2BBAA

accent

#733AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB3E1

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

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