#4FB6DB#4FB6DB

#4FB6DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.108 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB6DB
RGB	rgb(79, 182, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 16.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -18.63, -27.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 33.17, 235.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0766 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.108 225)
XYZ	xyz(32.7335, 40.2292, 73.0440)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB6DB #DB744F

analogous

#4FDBBA #4FB6DB #4F70DB

triadic

#4FB6DB #DB4FB6 #B6DB4F

tetradic

#4FB6DB #BA4FDB #DB744F #70DB4F

square

#4FB6DB #BA4FDB #DB744F #70DB4F

split-complementary

#4FB6DB #DB4F70 #DBBA4F

monochromatic

#1E7392 #289BC5 #4FB6DB #82CBE5 #B5E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4FB6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#4FB6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB6DB

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB6DB	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 182, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.108 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecce6',
    500: '#4fb6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb6db;
$custom-light: #8ecce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.857,
    "s": 66.038,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73056,
    "c": 0.10831,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.40233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB6DB

secondary

#DFB6A7

accent

#6C3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB6DB

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

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