#4FB9DC#4FB9DC

#4FB9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.109 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB9DC
RGB	rgb(79, 185, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 15.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -19.88, -26.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 33.20, 233.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0793 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.109 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4865, 41.5240, 73.9464)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB9DC #DC724F

analogous

#4FDCB9 #4FB9DC #4F72DC

triadic

#4FB9DC #DC4FB9 #B9DC4F

tetradic

#4FB9DC #B94FDC #DC724F #72DC4F

square

#4FB9DC #B94FDC #DC724F #72DC4F

split-complementary

#4FB9DC #DC4F72 #DCB94F

monochromatic

#1D7693 #279FC6 #4FB9DC #82CDE6 #B5E2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#4FB9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#4FB9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB9DC

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB9DC	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 185, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.109 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcee7',
    500: '#4fb9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb9dc;
$custom-light: #8fcee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.894,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73796,
    "c": 0.10858,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB9DC

secondary

#DFB5A8

accent

#693EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB9DC

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

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