#4FBAE8#4FBAE8

#4FBAE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.117 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FBAE8
RGB	rgb(79, 186, 232)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 19.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -16.68, -31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 36.07, 242.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.076 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.117 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3431, 42.6025, 82.6887)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FBAE8 #E87D4F

analogous

#4FE8C9 #4FBAE8 #4F6DE8

triadic

#4FBAE8 #E84FBA #BAE84F

tetradic

#4FBAE8 #C94FE8 #E87D4F #6DE84F

square

#4FBAE8 #C94FE8 #E87D4F #6DE84F

split-complementary

#4FBAE8 #E84F6D #E8C94F

monochromatic

#167BA7 #1DA3DD #4FBAE8 #85CFEF #BBE4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#4FBAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#4FBAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FBAE8

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FBAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FBAE8	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B7EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fbae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 186, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.117 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ceef',
    500: '#4fbae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fbae8;
$custom-light: #90ceef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fbae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.039,
    "s": 76.884,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74539,
    "c": 0.11743,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FBAE8

secondary

#E6BEAD

accent

#4A0CD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FBAE8

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

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