#4FB5E2#4FB5E2

#4FB5E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.114 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB5E2
RGB	rgb(79, 181, 226)
HSL	hsl(198, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 19.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -15.92, -31.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 35.12, 243.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.073 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.114 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4704, 40.1975, 77.9317)
Luminance	0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB5E2 #E27C4F

analogous

#4FE2C5 #4FB5E2 #4F6CE2

triadic

#4FB5E2 #E24FB5 #B5E24F

tetradic

#4FB5E2 #C54FE2 #E27C4F #6CE24F

square

#4FB5E2 #C54FE2 #E27C4F #6CE24F

split-complementary

#4FB5E2 #E24F6C #E2C54F

monochromatic

#1A759D #229CD1 #4FB5E2 #84CBEB #B8E1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4FB5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#4FB5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB5E2

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB5E2	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 181, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.114 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcbeb',
    500: '#4fb5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb5e2;
$custom-light: #8fcbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.367,
    "s": 71.707,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73127,
    "c": 0.11407,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB5E2

secondary

#E3BBAA

accent

#7139EE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB5E2

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

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