#4FBCE5#4FBCE5

#4FBCE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.115 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4FBCE5
RGBrgb(79, 188, 229)
HSLhsl(196, 74%, 60%)
HSVhsv(196, 66%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(65.5%, 17.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(71.75, -18.66, -29.64)
CIE-LCHlch(71.75, 35.02, 237.81°)
OKLaboklab(74.87% -0.079 -0.0828)
OKLCHoklch(74.87% 0.115 226.3)
XYZxyz(35.3449, 43.2821, 80.6051)
Luminance0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4FBCE5 #E5784F
analogous
#4FE5C3 #4FBCE5 #4F71E5
triadic
#4FBCE5 #E54FBC #BCE54F
tetradic
#4FBCE5 #C34FE5 #E5784F #71E54F
square
#4FBCE5 #C34FE5 #E5784F #71E54F
split-complementary
#4FBCE5 #E54F71 #E5C34F
monochromatic
#187CA2 #20A5D7 #4FBCE5 #84D0ED #BAE5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17
#4FBCE5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66
#4FBCE5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FBCE5
9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4FBCE5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4FBCE51.002.179.669.66
#FFFFFF2.171.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6621.001.001.00
##0000009.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A6B8E7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#91A9E5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C8C9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4fbce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 188, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.115 226.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0ed',
    500: '#4fbce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4fbce5;
$custom-light: #90d0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4fbce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.4,
    "s": 74.257,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7487,
    "c": 0.1145,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4FBCE5
secondary
#E5BBAB
accent
#460FD6
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FD
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FBCE5

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#4FBCE5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva