#4FB9CF#4FB9CF

#4FB9CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.101 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB9CF
RGB	rgb(79, 185, 207)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -23.81, -20.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 31.21, 220.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0843 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.101 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8313, 40.8619, 65.2290)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB9CF #CF654F

analogous

#4FCFA5 #4FB9CF #4F79CF

triadic

#4FB9CF #CF4FB9 #B9CF4F

tetradic

#4FB9CF #A54FCF #CF654F #79CF4F

square

#4FB9CF #A54FCF #CF654F #79CF4F

split-complementary

#4FB9CF #CF4F79 #CFA54F

monochromatic

#237081 #309BB1 #4FB9CF #7FCCDC #AFDFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4FB9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#4FB9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB9CF

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB9CF	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 185, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.101 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcedd',
    500: '#4fb9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb9cf;
$custom-light: #8dcedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.313,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73272,
    "c": 0.10125,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB9CF

secondary

#D7ACA2

accent

#6247E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB9CF

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

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