#4FB8E6#4FB8E6

#4FB8E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.116 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4FB8E6
RGBrgb(79, 184, 230)
HSLhsl(198, 75%, 61%)
HSVhsv(198, 66%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(65.7%, 20%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(70.63, -16.25, -31.90)
CIE-LCHlch(70.63, 35.80, 243.00°)
OKLaboklab(73.99% -0.0747 -0.0893)
OKLCHoklch(73.99% 0.116 230.1)
XYZxyz(34.6422, 41.6527, 81.0616)
Luminance0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4FB8E6 #E67D4F
analogous
#4FE6C8 #4FB8E6 #4F6CE6
triadic
#4FB8E6 #E64FB8 #B8E64F
tetradic
#4FB8E6 #C84FE6 #E67D4F #6CE64F
square
#4FB8E6 #C84FE6 #E67D4F #6CE64F
split-complementary
#4FB8E6 #E64F6C #E6C84F
monochromatic
#1779A3 #1FA0D9 #4FB8E6 #85CEEE #BAE3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25
#4FB8E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33
#4FB8E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB8E6
9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4FB8E6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4FB8E61.002.259.339.33
#FFFFFF2.251.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3321.001.001.00
##0000009.3321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A1B5E8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8CA6E5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C5C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4fb8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 184, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.116 230.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cdee',
    500: '#4fb8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4fb8e6;
$custom-light: #90cdee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4fb8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.278,
    "s": 75.124,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73992,
    "c": 0.11643,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4FB8E6
secondary
#E5BDAC
accent
#4B0ED7
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FD
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#4FB8E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva