#4FB4E1#4FB4E1

#4FB4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.114 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB4E1
RGB	rgb(79, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -15.71, -31.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 34.98, 243.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0724 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.114 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1310, 39.7375, 77.1436)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB4E1 #E17C4F

analogous

#4FE1C5 #4FB4E1 #4F6BE1

triadic

#4FB4E1 #E14FB4 #B4E14F

tetradic

#4FB4E1 #C54FE1 #E17C4F #6BE14F

square

#4FB4E1 #C54FE1 #E17C4F #6BE14F

split-complementary

#4FB4E1 #E14F6B #E1C54F

monochromatic

#1A739B #239ACF #4FB4E1 #83CAEA #B8E1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4FB4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#4FB4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB4E1

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB4E1	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB2E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A3E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.114 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcaea',
    500: '#4fb4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb4e1;
$custom-light: #8fcaea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.493,
    "s": 70.874,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72852,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB4E1

secondary

#E2BBAA

accent

#713AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB4E1

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

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