#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
RGBrgb(79, 182, 233)
HSLhsl(200, 78%, 61%)
HSVhsv(200, 66%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(66.1%, 21.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(70.17, -14.24, -34.24)
CIE-LCHlch(70.17, 37.08, 247.42°)
OKLaboklab(73.67% -0.0716 -0.096)
OKLCHoklch(73.67% 0.12 233.3)
XYZxyz(34.6546, 40.9977, 83.1620)
Luminance0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##4FB6E91.002.289.209.20
#FFFFFF2.281.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2021.001.001.00
##0000009.2021.001.001.00

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

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#4FB6E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva