#4FB9D8#4FB9D8

#4FB9D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.106 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB9D8
RGB	rgb(79, 185, 216)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 14.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -21.11, -24.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 32.43, 229.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0808 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.106 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9631, 41.3146, 71.1898)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB9D8 #D86E4F

analogous

#4FD8B3 #4FB9D8 #4F74D8

triadic

#4FB9D8 #D84FB9 #B9D84F

tetradic

#4FB9D8 #B34FD8 #D86E4F #74D84F

square

#4FB9D8 #B34FD8 #D86E4F #74D84F

split-complementary

#4FB9D8 #D84F74 #D8B34F

monochromatic

#1F748D #2A9EBF #4FB9D8 #81CDE3 #B3E1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#4FB9D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#4FB9D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB9D8

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB9D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB9D8	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B4DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A6D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 185, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.106 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecee4',
    500: '#4fb9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb9d8;
$custom-light: #8ecee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.577,
    "s": 63.721,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73631,
    "c": 0.106,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB9D8

secondary

#DDB2A6

accent

#6741E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB9D8

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

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