#4AC5E3#4AC5E3

#4AC5E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.115 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC5E3
RGB	rgb(74, 197, 227)
HSL	hsl(192, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 13.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, -24.63, -24.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 35.01, 225.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.0914 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.115 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6497, 46.9303, 79.7851)
Luminance	0.4693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC5E3 #E3684A

analogous

#4AE3B5 #4AC5E3 #4A79E3

triadic

#4AC5E3 #E34AC5 #C5E34A

tetradic

#4AC5E3 #B54AE3 #E3684A #79E34A

square

#4AC5E3 #B54AE3 #E3684A #79E34A

split-complementary

#4AC5E3 #E34A79 #E3B54A

monochromatic

#18819B #20ADD0 #4AC5E3 #7FD6EB #B4E7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#4AC5E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#4AC5E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC5E3

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC5E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC5E3	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BFE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAFE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac5e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 197, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.115 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed6eb',
    500: '#4ac5e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac5e3;
$custom-light: #8ed6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac5e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.765,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7673,
    "c": 0.11476,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC5E3

secondary

#E2B2A6

accent

#5C38F0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC5E3

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

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