#4AC4E3#4AC4E3

#4AC4E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.115 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC4E3
RGB	rgb(74, 196, 227)
HSL	hsl(192, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 13.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, -24.13, -25.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 34.98, 226.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.0904 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.115 218)
XYZ	xyz(36.4234, 46.4777, 79.7096)
Luminance	0.4648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC4E3 #E3694A

analogous

#4AE3B6 #4AC4E3 #4A78E3

triadic

#4AC4E3 #E34AC4 #C4E34A

tetradic

#4AC4E3 #B64AE3 #E3694A #78E34A

square

#4AC4E3 #B64AE3 #E3694A #78E34A

split-complementary

#4AC4E3 #E34A78 #E3B64A

monochromatic

#18809B #20ACD0 #4AC4E3 #7FD5EB #B4E7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#4AC4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#4AC4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC4E3

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC4E3	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BFE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAFE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 196, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.115 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed6eb',
    500: '#4ac4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac4e3;
$custom-light: #8ed6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.157,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76496,
    "c": 0.11474,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.46482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC4E3

secondary

#E2B3A6

accent

#5D38F0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC4E3

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

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