#4FBAE6#4FBAE6

#4FBAE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.116 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FBAE6
RGB	rgb(79, 186, 230)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 19.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -17.30, -31.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 35.51, 240.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0767 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.116 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.0606, 42.4895, 81.2011)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FBAE6 #E67B4F

analogous

#4FE6C6 #4FBAE6 #4F6FE6

triadic

#4FBAE6 #E64FBA #BAE64F

tetradic

#4FBAE6 #C64FE6 #E67B4F #6FE64F

square

#4FBAE6 #C64FE6 #E67B4F #6FE64F

split-complementary

#4FBAE6 #E64F6F #E6C64F

monochromatic

#177BA3 #1FA3D9 #4FBAE6 #85CFEE #BAE4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#4FBAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#4FBAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FBAE6

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FBAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FBAE6	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fbae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 186, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.116 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ceee',
    500: '#4fbae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fbae6;
$custom-light: #90ceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fbae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.483,
    "s": 75.124,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74452,
    "c": 0.1158,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FBAE6

secondary

#E5BCAC

accent

#490ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FBAE6

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

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