#4FBAE9#4FBAE9

#4FBAE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.118 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FBAE9
RGB	rgb(79, 186, 233)
HSL	hsl(198, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 20.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -16.36, -32.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 36.35, 243.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0756 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.118 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4855, 42.6595, 83.4389)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FBAE9 #E97E4F

analogous

#4FE9CB #4FBAE9 #4F6DE9

triadic

#4FBAE9 #E94FBA #BAE94F

tetradic

#4FBAE9 #CB4FE9 #E97E4F #6DE94F

square

#4FBAE9 #CB4FE9 #E97E4F #6DE94F

split-complementary

#4FBAE9 #E94F6D #E9CB4F

monochromatic

#157CA9 #1CA3DF #4FBAE9 #85CFF0 #BCE5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#4FBAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#4FBAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FBAE9

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FBAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FBAE9	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B7EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fbae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 186, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.118 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cef0',
    500: '#4fbae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fbae9;
$custom-light: #90cef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fbae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.312,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74583,
    "c": 0.11827,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FBAE9

secondary

#E7BFAD

accent

#4B0BDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FBAE9

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

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