#4FB9E7#4FB9E7

#4FB9E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.117 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB9E7
RGB	rgb(79, 185, 231)
HSL	hsl(198, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 19.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -16.46, -31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 35.93, 242.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0753 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.117 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9915, 42.1260, 81.8728)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB9E7 #E77D4F

analogous

#4FE7C9 #4FB9E7 #4F6DE7

triadic

#4FB9E7 #E74FB9 #B9E74F

tetradic

#4FB9E7 #C94FE7 #E77D4F #6DE74F

square

#4FB9E7 #C94FE7 #E77D4F #6DE74F

split-complementary

#4FB9E7 #E74F6D #E7C94F

monochromatic

#177AA5 #1EA2DB #4FB9E7 #85CEEE #BBE4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#4FB9E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#4FB9E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB9E7

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB9E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB9E7	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb9e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 185, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.117 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ceee',
    500: '#4fb9e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb9e7;
$custom-light: #90ceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb9e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.158,
    "s": 76,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74266,
    "c": 0.11693,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB9E7

secondary

#E6BEAC

accent

#4B0DD8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB9E7

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

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