#4FB8E4#4FB8E4

#4FB8E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.115 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB8E4
RGB	rgb(79, 184, 228)
HSL	hsl(198, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 19.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -16.88, -30.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 35.24, 241.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0754 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.115 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3630, 41.5410, 79.5910)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB8E4 #E47B4F

analogous

#4FE4C5 #4FB8E4 #4F6EE4

triadic

#4FB8E4 #E44FB8 #B8E44F

tetradic

#4FB8E4 #C54FE4 #E47B4F #6EE44F

square

#4FB8E4 #C54FE4 #E47B4F #6EE44F

split-complementary

#4FB8E4 #E44F6E #E4C54F

monochromatic

#1978A0 #21A0D5 #4FB8E4 #84CDEC #B9E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#4FB8E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#4FB8E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB8E4

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB8E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB8E4	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA6E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb8e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 184, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.115 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cdec',
    500: '#4fb8e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb8e4;
$custom-light: #90cdec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb8e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.718,
    "s": 73.399,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73905,
    "c": 0.11477,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB8E4

secondary

#E4BCAB

accent

#4A10D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB8E4

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

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