#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
RGBrgb(74, 195, 233)
HSLhsl(194, 78%, 60%)
HSVhsv(194, 68%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(68.2%, 16.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(73.78, -21.77, -28.69)
CIE-LCHlch(73.78, 36.01, 232.80°)
OKLaboklab(76.51% -0.0872 -0.0801)
OKLCHoklch(76.51% 0.118 222.6)
XYZxyz(37.0411, 46.3651, 84.0722)
Luminance0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

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
##4AC3E91.002.0410.2710.27
#FFFFFF2.041.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2721.001.001.00
##00000010.2721.001.001.00

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

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#4AC3E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva