#4FB8CD#4FB8CD

#4FB8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.100 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB8CD
RGB	rgb(79, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -23.89, -19.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 30.93, 219.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0841 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.1 213)
XYZ	xyz(31.3799, 40.3478, 63.8799)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB8CD #CD644F

analogous

#4FCDA3 #4FB8CD #4F79CD

triadic

#4FB8CD #CD4FB8 #B8CD4F

tetradic

#4FB8CD #A34FCD #CD644F #79CD4F

square

#4FB8CD #A34FCD #CD644F #79CD4F

split-complementary

#4FB8CD #CD4F79 #CDA34F

monochromatic

#246F7E #3199AE #4FB8CD #7FCBDB #AEDEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4FB8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#4FB8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB8CD

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB8CD	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.100 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcddc',
    500: '#4fb8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb8cd;
$custom-light: #8dcddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72958,
    "c": 0.10019,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.40351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB8CD

secondary

#D6AAA2

accent

#6249DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB8CD

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

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