#4FB9DF#4FB9DF

#4FB9DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.111 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB9DF
RGB	rgb(79, 185, 223)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 17%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, -18.96, -28.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 33.86, 235.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0782 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.111 225)
XYZ	xyz(33.8874, 41.6843, 76.0577)
Luminance	0.4169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB9DF #DF754F

analogous

#4FDFBD #4FB9DF #4F71DF

triadic

#4FB9DF #DF4FB9 #B9DF4F

tetradic

#4FB9DF #BD4FDF #DF754F #71DF4F

square

#4FB9DF #BD4FDF #DF754F #71DF4F

split-complementary

#4FB9DF #DF4F71 #DFBD4F

monochromatic

#1C7798 #25A0CC #4FB9DF #83CEE8 #B7E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#4FB9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#4FB9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB9DF

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB9DF	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 185, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.111 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcee9',
    500: '#4fb9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb9df;
$custom-light: #8fcee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.833,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73921,
    "c": 0.11068,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.41688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB9DF

secondary

#E1B8A9

accent

#6A3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB9DF

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

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