#4AC5E1#4AC5E1

#4AC5E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.114 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC5E1
RGB	rgb(74, 197, 225)
HSL	hsl(191, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 12.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -25.24, -23.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 34.77, 223.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.0922 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.114 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3752, 46.8205, 78.3398)
Luminance	0.4682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC5E1 #E1664A

analogous

#4AE1B1 #4AC5E1 #4A79E1

triadic

#4AC5E1 #E14AC5 #C5E14A

tetradic

#4AC5E1 #B14AE1 #E1664A #79E14A

square

#4AC5E1 #B14AE1 #E1664A #79E14A

split-complementary

#4AC5E1 #E14A79 #E1B14A

monochromatic

#198097 #22ACCC #4AC5E1 #7ED6EA #B3E7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#4AC5E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#4AC5E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC5E1

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC5E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC5E1	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BFE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAFE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac5e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 197, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.114 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed6ea',
    500: '#4ac5e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac5e1;
$custom-light: #8ed6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac5e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.126,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7665,
    "c": 0.11374,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC5E1

secondary

#E1B1A6

accent

#5B39EE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC5E1

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

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