#4FB5CE#4FB5CE

#4FB5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.100 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB5CE
RGB	rgb(79, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -22.07, -21.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 30.80, 224.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0805 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.1 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8844, 39.1631, 64.3121)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB5CE #CE684F

analogous

#4FCEA7 #4FB5CE #4F75CE

triadic

#4FB5CE #CE4FB5 #B5CE4F

tetradic

#4FB5CE #A74FCE #CE684F #75CE4F

square

#4FB5CE #A74FCE #CE684F #75CE4F

split-complementary

#4FB5CE #CE4F75 #CEA74F

monochromatic

#236D7F #3196AF #4FB5CE #7FC9DB #AFDDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4FB5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#4FB5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB5CE

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB5CE	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.100 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbdd',
    500: '#4fb5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb5ce;
$custom-light: #8dcbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.811,
    "s": 56.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72289,
    "c": 0.10022,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB5CE

secondary

#D7ACA2

accent

#6648E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB5CE

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

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