#4FB8E2#4FB8E2

#4FB8E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.113 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB8E2
RGB	rgb(79, 184, 226)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 18.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -17.51, -29.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 34.70, 239.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0761 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.113 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0869, 41.4306, 78.1372)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB8E2 #E2794F

analogous

#4FE2C3 #4FB8E2 #4F6FE2

triadic

#4FB8E2 #E24FB8 #B8E24F

tetradic

#4FB8E2 #C34FE2 #E2794F #6FE24F

square

#4FB8E2 #C34FE2 #E2794F #6FE24F

split-complementary

#4FB8E2 #E24F6F #E2C34F

monochromatic

#1A779D #229FD1 #4FB8E2 #84CDEB #B8E2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#4FB8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#4FB8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB8E2

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB8E2	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B5E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA6E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 184, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.113 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcdeb',
    500: '#4fb8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb8e2;
$custom-light: #8fcdeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 71.707,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73818,
    "c": 0.11317,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB8E2

secondary

#E3BAAA

accent

#6D39EE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB8E2

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

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