#4FB4DC#4FB4DC

#4FB4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.109 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB4DC
RGB	rgb(79, 180, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 18.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -17.27, -28.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 33.60, 239.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0742 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.109 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4589, 39.4687, 73.6039)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB4DC #DC774F

analogous

#4FDCBD #4FB4DC #4F6DDC

triadic

#4FB4DC #DC4FB4 #B4DC4F

tetradic

#4FB4DC #BD4FDC #DC774F #6DDC4F

square

#4FB4DC #BD4FDC #DC774F #6DDC4F

split-complementary

#4FB4DC #DC4F6D #DCBD4F

monochromatic

#1D7293 #2799C6 #4FB4DC #82CAE6 #B5E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4FB4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#4FB4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB4DC

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB4DC	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 180, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.109 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecae7',
    500: '#4fb4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb4dc;
$custom-light: #8ecae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.021,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72635,
    "c": 0.10949,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB4DC

secondary

#DFB7A8

accent

#6F3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB4DC

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

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