#4FB6E5#4FB6E5

#4FB6E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.116 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB6E5
RGB	rgb(79, 182, 229)
HSL	hsl(199, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 20.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -15.51, -32.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 35.84, 244.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.073 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.116 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0897, 40.7717, 80.1867)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB6E5 #E57E4F

analogous

#4FE5C9 #4FB6E5 #4F6BE5

triadic

#4FB6E5 #E54FB6 #B6E54F

tetradic

#4FB6E5 #C94FE5 #E57E4F #6BE54F

square

#4FB6E5 #C94FE5 #E57E4F #6BE54F

split-complementary

#4FB6E5 #E54F6B #E5C94F

monochromatic

#1877A2 #209ED7 #4FB6E5 #84CCED #BAE2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4FB6E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#4FB6E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB6E5

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB6E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB6E5	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA4E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb6e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 182, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.116 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cbed',
    500: '#4fb6e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb6e5;
$custom-light: #90cbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb6e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.8,
    "s": 74.257,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73489,
    "c": 0.11627,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB6E5

secondary

#E5BDAB

accent

#4E0FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB6E5

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

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