#4AC5E2#4AC5E2

#4AC5E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.114 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC5E2
RGB	rgb(74, 197, 226)
HSL	hsl(191, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 12.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -24.93, -24.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 34.89, 224.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.0918 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.114 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5121, 46.8753, 79.0603)
Luminance	0.4688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC5E2 #E2674A

analogous

#4AE2B3 #4AC5E2 #4A79E2

triadic

#4AC5E2 #E24AC5 #C5E24A

tetradic

#4AC5E2 #B34AE2 #E2674A #79E24A

square

#4AC5E2 #B34AE2 #E2674A #79E24A

split-complementary

#4AC5E2 #E24A79 #E2B34A

monochromatic

#198199 #21ADCE #4AC5E2 #7FD6EA #B3E7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#4AC5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#4AC5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC5E2

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC5E2	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BFE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAFE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 197, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.114 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed6eb',
    500: '#4ac5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac5e2;
$custom-light: #8ed6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.447,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7669,
    "c": 0.11424,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC5E2

secondary

#E2B1A6

accent

#5C39EF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC5E2

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

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