#4AC4E9#4AC4E9

#4AC4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.118 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4AC4E9
RGBrgb(74, 196, 233)
HSLhsl(194, 78%, 60%)
HSVhsv(194, 68%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(68.2%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(74.07, -22.28, -28.24)
CIE-LCHlch(74.07, 35.97, 231.73°)
OKLaboklab(76.74% -0.0882 -0.0789)
OKLCHoklch(76.74% 0.118 221.8)
XYZxyz(37.2659, 46.8147, 84.1471)
Luminance0.4682 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4AC4E9 #E96F4A
analogous
#4AE9BE #4AC4E9 #4A75E9
triadic
#4AC4E9 #E94AC4 #C4E94A
tetradic
#4AC4E9 #BE4AE9 #E96F4A #75E94A
square
#4AC4E9 #BE4AE9 #E96F4A #75E94A
split-complementary
#4AC4E9 #E94A75 #E9BE4A
monochromatic
#1483A5 #1BAEDB #4AC4E9 #81D6F0 #B7E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03
#4AC4E9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36
#4AC4E9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC4E9
10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4AC4E9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4AC4E91.002.0310.3610.36
#FFFFFF2.031.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3621.001.001.00
##00000010.3621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AEBFEB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#98AFE9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D0D0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4ac4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.118 221.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd6f0',
    500: '#4ac4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4ac4e9;
$custom-light: #8fd6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4ac4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.962,
    "s": 78.325,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76742,
    "c": 0.11831,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4AC4E9
secondary
#E6B7A9
accent
#3B0BDB
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFD
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

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#4AC4E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva