#4AC5E5#4AC5E5

#4AC5E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.116 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC5E5
RGB	rgb(74, 197, 229)
HSL	hsl(192, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 14%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -24.02, -25.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 35.29, 227.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0907 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.116 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9273, 47.0414, 81.2473)
Luminance	0.4704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC5E5 #E56A4A

analogous

#4AE5B8 #4AC5E5 #4A78E5

triadic

#4AC5E5 #E54AC5 #C5E54A

tetradic

#4AC5E5 #B84AE5 #E56A4A #78E54A

square

#4AC5E5 #B84AE5 #E56A4A #78E54A

split-complementary

#4AC5E5 #E54A78 #E5B84A

monochromatic

#17829E #1EAED3 #4AC5E5 #80D6ED #B5E7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#4AC5E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#4AC5E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC5E5

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC5E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC5E5	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac5e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 197, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.116 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed6ed',
    500: '#4ac5e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac5e5;
$custom-light: #8ed6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac5e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.387,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7681,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC5E5

secondary

#E4B4A7

accent

#5D36F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC5E5

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

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