#4FB5E1#4FB5E1

#4FB5E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.113 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB5E1
RGB	rgb(79, 181, 225)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 19.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -16.24, -30.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 34.83, 242.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0734 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.113 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3336, 40.1427, 77.2112)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB5E1 #E17B4F

analogous

#4FE1C4 #4FB5E1 #4F6CE1

triadic

#4FB5E1 #E14FB5 #B5E14F

tetradic

#4FB5E1 #C44FE1 #E17B4F #6CE14F

square

#4FB5E1 #C44FE1 #E17B4F #6CE14F

split-complementary

#4FB5E1 #E14F6C #E1C44F

monochromatic

#1A749B #239CCF #4FB5E1 #83CBEA #B8E1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4FB5E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#4FB5E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB5E1

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB5E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB5E1	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB2E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb5e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 181, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.113 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcbea',
    500: '#4fb5e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb5e1;
$custom-light: #8fcbea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb5e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.082,
    "s": 70.874,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73083,
    "c": 0.11323,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB5E1

secondary

#E2BBAA

accent

#703AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB5E1

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

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