#4AC4E1#4AC4E1

#4AC4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.114 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC4E1
RGB	rgb(74, 196, 225)
HSL	hsl(192, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 12.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -24.74, -24.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 34.72, 224.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0912 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.114 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1489, 46.3679, 78.2643)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC4E1 #E1674A

analogous

#4AE1B2 #4AC4E1 #4A78E1

triadic

#4AC4E1 #E14AC4 #C4E14A

tetradic

#4AC4E1 #B24AE1 #E1674A #78E14A

square

#4AC4E1 #B24AE1 #E1674A #78E14A

split-complementary

#4AC4E1 #E14A78 #E1B24A

monochromatic

#197F97 #22ABCC #4AC4E1 #7ED5EA #B3E6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#4AC4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#4AC4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC4E1

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC4E1	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)

#B1BEE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAFE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 196, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.114 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed6ea',
    500: '#4ac4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac4e1;
$custom-light: #8ed6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.523,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76416,
    "c": 0.11367,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC4E1

secondary

#E1B1A6

accent

#5C39EE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC4E1

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

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