#4FB6E2#4FB6E2

#4FB6E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.114 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB6E2
RGB	rgb(79, 182, 226)
HSL	hsl(198, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 19.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -16.45, -30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 34.97, 241.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.0741 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.114 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6744, 40.6056, 77.9997)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB6E2 #E27B4F

analogous

#4FE2C4 #4FB6E2 #4F6DE2

triadic

#4FB6E2 #E24FB6 #B6E24F

tetradic

#4FB6E2 #C44FE2 #E27B4F #6DE24F

square

#4FB6E2 #C44FE2 #E27B4F #6DE24F

split-complementary

#4FB6E2 #E24F6D #E2C44F

monochromatic

#1A769D #229DD1 #4FB6E2 #84CCEB #B8E2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4FB6E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#4FB6E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB6E2

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB6E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB6E2	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB3E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA4E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb6e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 182, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.114 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcceb',
    500: '#4fb6e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb6e2;
$custom-light: #8fcceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb6e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.959,
    "s": 71.707,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73357,
    "c": 0.11374,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB6E2

secondary

#E3BBAA

accent

#7039EE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB6E2

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

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