#4FB6E9#4FB6E9

#4FB6E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.120 H 233.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB6E9
RGB	rgb(79, 182, 233)
HSL	hsl(200, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 21.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, -14.24, -34.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 37.08, 247.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.0716 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.12 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6546, 40.9977, 83.1620)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB6E9 #E9824F

analogous

#4FE9CF #4FB6E9 #4F69E9

triadic

#4FB6E9 #E94FB6 #B6E94F

tetradic

#4FB6E9 #CF4FE9 #E9824F #69E94F

square

#4FB6E9 #CF4FE9 #E9824F #69E94F

split-complementary

#4FB6E9 #E94F69 #E9CF4F

monochromatic

#1578A9 #1C9EDF #4FB6E9 #85CDF0 #BCE3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#4FB6E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#4FB6E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB6E9

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB6E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB6E9	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A5E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb6e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 182, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.120 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cbf0',
    500: '#4fb6e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb6e9;
$custom-light: #90cbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb6e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.87,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73668,
    "c": 0.11981,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB6E9

secondary

#E7C0AD

accent

#500BDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB6E9

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

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