#4AC3E9#4AC3E9

#4AC3E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.118 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC3E9
RGB	rgb(74, 195, 233)
HSL	hsl(194, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 16.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -21.77, -28.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 36.01, 232.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.0872 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.118 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0411, 46.3651, 84.0722)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC3E9 #E9704A

analogous

#4AE9C0 #4AC3E9 #4A73E9

triadic

#4AC3E9 #E94AC3 #C3E94A

tetradic

#4AC3E9 #C04AE9 #E9704A #73E94A

square

#4AC3E9 #C04AE9 #E9704A #73E94A

split-complementary

#4AC3E9 #E94A73 #E9C04A

monochromatic

#1482A5 #1BADDB #4AC3E9 #81D5F0 #B7E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#4AC3E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#4AC3E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC3E9

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC3E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC3E9	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBEEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AEE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac3e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 195, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.118 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd5f0',
    500: '#4ac3e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac3e9;
$custom-light: #8fd5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac3e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.34,
    "s": 78.325,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7651,
    "c": 0.11843,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC3E9

secondary

#E6B7A9

accent

#3D0BDB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC3E9

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

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