#4FB8EA#4FB8EA

#4FB8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.120 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB8EA
RGB	rgb(79, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(199, 79%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -14.99, -33.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 37.01, 246.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0733 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.12 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2104, 41.8800, 84.0539)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB8EA #EA814F

analogous

#4FEACF #4FB8EA #4F6BEA

triadic

#4FB8EA #EA4FB8 #B8EA4F

tetradic

#4FB8EA #CF4FEA #EA814F #6BEA4F

square

#4FB8EA #CF4FEA #EA814F #6BEA4F

split-complementary

#4FB8EA #EA4F6B #EACF4F

monochromatic

#147AAA #1BA1E1 #4FB8EA #86CEF1 #BCE4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#4FB8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#4FB8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB8EA

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB8EA	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.120 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cdf1',
    500: '#4fb8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb8ea;
$custom-light: #90cdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.355,
    "s": 78.68,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7417,
    "c": 0.11987,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB8EA

secondary

#E7C0AD

accent

#4E0BDB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB8EA

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

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