#4FB8E5#4FB8E5

#4FB8E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.116 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB8E5
RGB	rgb(79, 184, 229)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 19.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -16.57, -31.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 35.52, 242.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.075 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.116 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5022, 41.5967, 80.3242)
Luminance	0.4160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB8E5 #E57C4F

analogous

#4FE5C7 #4FB8E5 #4F6DE5

triadic

#4FB8E5 #E54FB8 #B8E54F

tetradic

#4FB8E5 #C74FE5 #E57C4F #6DE54F

square

#4FB8E5 #C74FE5 #E57C4F #6DE54F

split-complementary

#4FB8E5 #E54F6D #E5C74F

monochromatic

#1878A2 #20A0D7 #4FB8E5 #84CEED #BAE3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#4FB8E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#4FB8E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB8E5

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB8E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB8E5	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B5E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA6E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb8e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 184, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.116 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cded',
    500: '#4fb8e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb8e5;
$custom-light: #90cded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb8e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 74.257,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73948,
    "c": 0.11559,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB8E5

secondary

#E5BCAB

accent

#4B0FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB8E5

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

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