#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
RGBrgb(74, 197, 227)
HSLhsl(192, 73%, 59%)
HSVhsv(192, 67%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(67.4%, 13.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(74.15, -24.63, -24.89)
CIE-LCHlch(74.15, 35.01, 225.30°)
OKLaboklab(76.73% -0.0914 -0.0693)
OKLCHoklch(76.73% 0.115 217.2)
XYZxyz(36.6497, 46.9303, 79.7851)
Luminance0.4693 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##4AC5E31.002.0210.3910.39
#FFFFFF2.021.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3921.001.001.00
##00000010.3921.001.001.00

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

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#4AC5E3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva