#4FB4DF#4FB4DF

#4FB4DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.112 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB4DF
RGB	rgb(79, 180, 223)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 19.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -16.34, -30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 34.41, 241.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0731 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.112 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8597, 39.6290, 75.7151)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB4DF #DF7A4F

analogous

#4FDFC2 #4FB4DF #4F6CDF

triadic

#4FB4DF #DF4FB4 #B4DF4F

tetradic

#4FB4DF #C24FDF #DF7A4F #6CDF4F

square

#4FB4DF #C24FDF #DF7A4F #6CDF4F

split-complementary

#4FB4DF #DF4F6C #DFC24F

monochromatic

#1C7398 #259ACC #4FB4DF #83CAE8 #B7E0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4FB4DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#4FB4DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB4DF

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB4DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB4DF	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb4df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 180, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.112 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcae9',
    500: '#4fb4df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb4df;
$custom-light: #8fcae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb4df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.917,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72765,
    "c": 0.1119,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB4DF

secondary

#E1BAA9

accent

#703CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB4DF

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

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