#4FB4DD#4FB4DD

#4FB4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.110 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB4DD
RGB	rgb(79, 180, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -16.96, -29.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 33.86, 239.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0738 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.11 228)
XYZ	xyz(32.5917, 39.5218, 74.3034)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB4DD #DD784F

analogous

#4FDDBF #4FB4DD #4F6DDD

triadic

#4FB4DD #DD4FB4 #B4DD4F

tetradic

#4FB4DD #BF4FDD #DD784F #6DDD4F

square

#4FB4DD #BF4FDD #DD784F #6DDD4F

split-complementary

#4FB4DD #DD4F6D #DDBF4F

monochromatic

#1D7295 #279AC8 #4FB4DD #82CAE7 #B6E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4FB4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#4FB4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB4DD

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB4DD	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 180, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.110 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecae7',
    500: '#4fb4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb4dd;
$custom-light: #8ecae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.324,
    "s": 67.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72678,
    "c": 0.11027,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.39525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB4DD

secondary

#E0B8A8

accent

#6F3DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB4DD

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

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