#4FB6DD#4FB6DD

#4FB6DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.110 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB6DD
RGB	rgb(79, 182, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 17.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -18.01, -28.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 33.65, 237.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0759 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.11 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9983, 40.3351, 74.4390)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB6DD #DD764F

analogous

#4FDDBD #4FB6DD #4F6FDD

triadic

#4FB6DD #DD4FB6 #B6DD4F

tetradic

#4FB6DD #BD4FDD #DD764F #6FDD4F

square

#4FB6DD #BD4FDD #DD764F #6FDD4F

split-complementary

#4FB6DD #DD4F6F #DDBD4F

monochromatic

#1D7495 #279CC8 #4FB6DD #82CBE7 #B6E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4FB6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#4FB6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB6DD

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB6DD	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 182, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.110 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcce7',
    500: '#4fb6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb6dd;
$custom-light: #8fcce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.479,
    "s": 67.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73141,
    "c": 0.10979,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB6DD

secondary

#E0B7A8

accent

#6D3DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB6DD

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

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