#4FB8DC#4FB8DC

#4FB8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.109 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB8DC
RGB	rgb(79, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -19.37, -27.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 33.26, 234.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0783 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.109 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2780, 41.1070, 73.8769)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB8DC #DC734F

analogous

#4FDCB9 #4FB8DC #4F71DC

triadic

#4FB8DC #DC4FB8 #B8DC4F

tetradic

#4FB8DC #B94FDC #DC734F #71DC4F

square

#4FB8DC #B94FDC #DC734F #71DC4F

split-complementary

#4FB8DC #DC4F71 #DCB94F

monochromatic

#1D7593 #279EC6 #4FB8DC #82CDE6 #B5E1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#4FB8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#4FB8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB8DC

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB8DC	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.109 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcde7',
    500: '#4fb8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb8dc;
$custom-light: #8fcde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.319,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73563,
    "c": 0.10871,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB8DC

secondary

#DFB6A8

accent

#6A3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB8DC

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

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