#4FBDE8#4FBDE8

#4FBDE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.117 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FBDE8
RGB	rgb(79, 189, 232)
HSL	hsl(197, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 18.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -18.25, -30.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 35.67, 239.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.079 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.117 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9817, 43.8798, 82.9016)
Luminance	0.4388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FBDE8 #E87A4F

analogous

#4FE8C6 #4FBDE8 #4F70E8

triadic

#4FBDE8 #E84FBD #BDE84F

tetradic

#4FBDE8 #C64FE8 #E87A4F #70E84F

square

#4FBDE8 #C64FE8 #E87A4F #70E84F

split-complementary

#4FBDE8 #E84F70 #E8C64F

monochromatic

#167EA7 #1DA7DD #4FBDE8 #85D1EF #BBE6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#4FBDE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#4FBDE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FBDE8

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FBDE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FBDE8	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BAEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fbde8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 189, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.117 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1ef',
    500: '#4fbde8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fbde8;
$custom-light: #90d1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fbde8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.863,
    "s": 76.884,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75229,
    "c": 0.11655,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FBDE8

secondary

#E6BDAD

accent

#460CD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FBDE8

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

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