#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
RGB	rgb(79, 188, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 17.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -18.66, -29.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 35.02, 237.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.079 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.115 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3449, 43.2821, 80.6051)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##4FBCE5	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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