#4FB6E4#4FB6E4

#4FB6E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.115 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB6E4
RGB	rgb(79, 182, 228)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 20.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -15.82, -31.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 35.54, 243.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0734 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.115 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9505, 40.7160, 79.4535)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB6E4 #E47D4F

analogous

#4FE4C7 #4FB6E4 #4F6CE4

triadic

#4FB6E4 #E44FB6 #B6E44F

tetradic

#4FB6E4 #C74FE4 #E47D4F #6CE44F

square

#4FB6E4 #C74FE4 #E47D4F #6CE44F

split-complementary

#4FB6E4 #E44F6C #E4C74F

monochromatic

#1976A0 #219DD5 #4FB6E4 #84CCEC #B9E2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4FB6E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#4FB6E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB6E4

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB6E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB6E4	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA4E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb6e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 182, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.115 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fccec',
    500: '#4fb6e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb6e4;
$custom-light: #8fccec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb6e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.523,
    "s": 73.399,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73445,
    "c": 0.11542,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB6E4

secondary

#E4BCAB

accent

#4D10D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB6E4

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

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