#4AC3E3#4AC3E3

#4AC3E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.115 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC3E3
RGB	rgb(74, 195, 227)
HSL	hsl(193, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 14.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -23.62, -25.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 34.96, 227.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.0895 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.115 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1986, 46.0281, 79.6347)
Luminance	0.4603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC3E3 #E36A4A

analogous

#4AE3B7 #4AC3E3 #4A77E3

triadic

#4AC3E3 #E34AC3 #C3E34A

tetradic

#4AC3E3 #B74AE3 #E36A4A #77E34A

square

#4AC3E3 #B74AE3 #E36A4A #77E34A

split-complementary

#4AC3E3 #E34A77 #E3B74A

monochromatic

#187F9B #20ABD0 #4AC3E3 #7FD5EB #B4E6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#4AC3E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#4AC3E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC3E3

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC3E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC3E3	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBEE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AEE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac3e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 195, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.115 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed5eb',
    500: '#4ac3e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac3e3;
$custom-light: #8ed5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac3e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.549,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76263,
    "c": 0.11475,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC3E3

secondary

#E2B3A6

accent

#5E38F0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC3E3

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

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