#4FB4D9#4FB4D9

#4FB4D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.107 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB4D9
RGB	rgb(79, 180, 217)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 17.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -18.21, -27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 32.86, 236.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0753 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.107 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0651, 39.3112, 71.5301)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB4D9 #D9744F

analogous

#4FD9B9 #4FB4D9 #4F6FD9

triadic

#4FB4D9 #D94FB4 #B4D94F

tetradic

#4FB4D9 #B94FD9 #D9744F #6FD94F

square

#4FB4D9 #B94FD9 #D9744F #6FD94F

split-complementary

#4FB4D9 #D94F6F #D9B94F

monochromatic

#1F718F #2A99C1 #4FB4D9 #81C9E4 #B4DFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4FB4D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#4FB4D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB4D9

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB4D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB4D9	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb4d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 180, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.107 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecae4',
    500: '#4fb4d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb4d9;
$custom-light: #8ecae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb4d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.087,
    "s": 64.486,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72507,
    "c": 0.10721,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB4D9

secondary

#DDB5A6

accent

#6D40E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB4D9

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

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