#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
RGB	rgb(79, 184, 230)
HSL	hsl(198, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 20%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -16.25, -31.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 35.80, 243.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.0747 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.116 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6422, 41.6527, 81.0616)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

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
##4FB8E6	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4FB8E6

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

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