#4FB4E2#4FB4E2

#4FB4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.114 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB4E2
RGB	rgb(79, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -15.39, -31.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 35.28, 244.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.072 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.114 231)
XYZ	xyz(33.2678, 39.7923, 77.8642)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB4E2 #E27D4F

analogous

#4FE2C7 #4FB4E2 #4F6AE2

triadic

#4FB4E2 #E24FB4 #B4E24F

tetradic

#4FB4E2 #C74FE2 #E27D4F #6AE24F

square

#4FB4E2 #C74FE2 #E27D4F #6AE24F

split-complementary

#4FB4E2 #E24F6A #E2C74F

monochromatic

#1A749D #229BD1 #4FB4E2 #84CAEB #B8E1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4FB4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#4FB4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB4E2

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB4E2	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.114 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcaeb',
    500: '#4fb4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb4e2;
$custom-light: #8fcaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.776,
    "s": 71.707,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72897,
    "c": 0.11441,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.39796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB4E2

secondary

#E3BCAA

accent

#7239EE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB4E2

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

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