#4FB4E0#4FB4E0

#4FB4E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.113 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB4E0
RGB	rgb(79, 180, 224)
HSL	hsl(198, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 19.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -16.02, -30.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 34.69, 242.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0727 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.113 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9949, 39.6831, 76.4273)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB4E0 #E07B4F

analogous

#4FE0C4 #4FB4E0 #4F6CE0

triadic

#4FB4E0 #E04FB4 #B4E04F

tetradic

#4FB4E0 #C44FE0 #E07B4F #6CE04F

square

#4FB4E0 #C44FE0 #E07B4F #6CE04F

split-complementary

#4FB4E0 #E04F6C #E0C44F

monochromatic

#1B739A #249ACE #4FB4E0 #83CAE9 #B7E0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4FB4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#4FB4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB4E0

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB4E0	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A3DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 180, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.113 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcae9',
    500: '#4fb4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb4e0;
$custom-light: #8fcae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.207,
    "s": 70.048,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72809,
    "c": 0.11272,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB4E0

secondary

#E2BAA9

accent

#713BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB4E0

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

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