#4FB5CD#4FB5CD

#4FB5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.100 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB5CD
RGB	rgb(79, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -22.37, -20.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 30.67, 223.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0809 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.1 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7633, 39.1146, 63.6744)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB5CD #CD674F

analogous

#4FCDA6 #4FB5CD #4F76CD

triadic

#4FB5CD #CD4FB5 #B5CD4F

tetradic

#4FB5CD #A64FCD #CD674F #76CD4F

square

#4FB5CD #A64FCD #CD674F #76CD4F

split-complementary

#4FB5CD #CD4F76 #CDA64F

monochromatic

#246D7E #3196AE #4FB5CD #7FC9DB #AEDDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4FB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#4FB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB5CD

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB5CD	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.100 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbdc',
    500: '#4fb5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb5cd;
$custom-light: #8dcbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72249,
    "c": 0.0997,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB5CD

secondary

#D6ACA2

accent

#6549DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB5CD

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

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