#4FBAE5#4FBAE5

#4FBAE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.115 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FBAE5
RGB	rgb(79, 186, 229)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 18.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -17.62, -30.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 35.25, 240.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.077 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.115 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9206, 42.4335, 80.4637)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FBAE5 #E57A4F

analogous

#4FE5C5 #4FBAE5 #4F6FE5

triadic

#4FBAE5 #E54FBA #BAE54F

tetradic

#4FBAE5 #C54FE5 #E57A4F #6FE54F

square

#4FBAE5 #C54FE5 #E57A4F #6FE54F

split-complementary

#4FBAE5 #E54F6F #E5C54F

monochromatic

#187AA2 #20A2D7 #4FBAE5 #84CFED #BAE4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#4FBAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#4FBAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FBAE5

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FBAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FBAE5	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fbae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 186, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.115 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ceed',
    500: '#4fbae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fbae5;
$custom-light: #90ceed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fbae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.2,
    "s": 74.257,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74409,
    "c": 0.11501,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FBAE5

secondary

#E5BCAB

accent

#480FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FBAE5

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

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