#4FB8DD#4FB8DD

#4FB8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.109 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB8DD
RGB	rgb(79, 184, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 16.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -19.06, -27.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 33.48, 235.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0779 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.109 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4109, 41.1602, 74.5765)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB8DD #DD744F

analogous

#4FDDBB #4FB8DD #4F71DD

triadic

#4FB8DD #DD4FB8 #B8DD4F

tetradic

#4FB8DD #BB4FDD #DD744F #71DD4F

square

#4FB8DD #BB4FDD #DD744F #71DD4F

split-complementary

#4FB8DD #DD4F71 #DDBB4F

monochromatic

#1D7695 #279EC8 #4FB8DD #82CDE7 #B6E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#4FB8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#4FB8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB8DD

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB8DD	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 184, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.109 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcde7',
    500: '#4fb8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb8dd;
$custom-light: #8fcde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.634,
    "s": 67.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73605,
    "c": 0.10941,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB8DD

secondary

#E0B7A8

accent

#6A3DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB8DD

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

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