#4AC4E8#4AC4E8

#4AC4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.118 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC4E8
RGB	rgb(74, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(194, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.03, -22.59, -27.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.03, 35.79, 230.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.0886 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.118 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1235, 46.7577, 83.3969)
Luminance	0.4676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC4E8 #E86E4A

analogous

#4AE8BD #4AC4E8 #4A75E8

triadic

#4AC4E8 #E84AC4 #C4E84A

tetradic

#4AC4E8 #BD4AE8 #E86E4A #75E84A

square

#4AC4E8 #BD4AE8 #E86E4A #75E84A

split-complementary

#4AC4E8 #E84A75 #E8BD4A

monochromatic

#1582A3 #1CAED9 #4AC4E8 #80D6EF #B7E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#4AC4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#4AC4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC4E8

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC4E8	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBFEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.118 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd6ef',
    500: '#4ac4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac4e8;
$custom-light: #8fd6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.671,
    "s": 77.451,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.767,
    "c": 0.11768,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC4E8

secondary

#E5B6A8

accent

#6034F4

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC4E8

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

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