#4FB3E2#4FB3E2

#4FB3E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.115 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB3E2
RGB	rgb(79, 179, 226)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 20.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -14.86, -32.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 35.46, 245.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.071 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.115 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0666, 39.3900, 77.7971)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB3E2 #E27E4F

analogous

#4FE2C8 #4FB3E2 #4F69E2

triadic

#4FB3E2 #E24FB3 #B3E24F

tetradic

#4FB3E2 #C84FE2 #E27E4F #69E24F

square

#4FB3E2 #C84FE2 #E27E4F #69E24F

split-complementary

#4FB3E2 #E24F69 #E2C84F

monochromatic

#1A739D #2299D1 #4FB3E2 #84CAEB #B8E0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4FB3E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#4FB3E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB3E2

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB3E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB3E2	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb3e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 179, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.115 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9eb',
    500: '#4fb3e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb3e2;
$custom-light: #8fc9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb3e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.184,
    "s": 71.707,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72667,
    "c": 0.11479,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB3E2

secondary

#E3BCAA

accent

#7339EE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB3E2

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

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