#4FB5DC#4FB5DC

#4FB5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.109 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB5DC
RGB	rgb(79, 181, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 17.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -17.80, -28.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 33.50, 237.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0752 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.109 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6615, 39.8739, 73.6714)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB5DC #DC764F

analogous

#4FDCBD #4FB5DC #4F6EDC

triadic

#4FB5DC #DC4FB5 #B5DC4F

tetradic

#4FB5DC #BD4FDC #DC764F #6EDC4F

square

#4FB5DC #BD4FDC #DC764F #6EDC4F

split-complementary

#4FB5DC #DC4F6E #DCBD4F

monochromatic

#1D7393 #279AC6 #4FB5DC #82CAE6 #B5E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4FB5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#4FB5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB5DC

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB5DC	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 181, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.109 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecbe7',
    500: '#4fb5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb5dc;
$custom-light: #8ecbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.596,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72867,
    "c": 0.10925,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB5DC

secondary

#DFB7A8

accent

#6E3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB5DC

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

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