#4AC5E6#4AC5E6

#4AC5E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.116 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4AC5E6
RGBrgb(74, 197, 230)
HSLhsl(193, 76%, 60%)
HSVhsv(193, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(67.8%, 14.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(74.25, -23.71, -26.34)
CIE-LCHlch(74.25, 35.44, 228.01°)
OKLaboklab(76.85% -0.0903 -0.0735)
OKLCHoklch(76.85% 0.116 219.1)
XYZxyz(37.0673, 47.0974, 81.9847)
Luminance0.4710 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4AC5E6 #E66B4A
analogous
#4AE6B9 #4AC5E6 #4A77E6
triadic
#4AC5E6 #E64AC5 #C5E64A
tetradic
#4AC5E6 #B94AE6 #E66B4A #77E64A
square
#4AC5E6 #B94AE6 #E66B4A #77E64A
split-complementary
#4AC5E6 #E64A77 #E6B94A
monochromatic
#1682A0 #1DAED5 #4AC5E6 #80D6ED #B6E7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02
#4AC5E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42
#4AC5E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC5E6
10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4AC5E6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4AC5E61.002.0210.4210.42
#FFFFFF2.021.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4221.001.001.00
##00000010.4221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B0C0E8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9AB0E6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D0CF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4ac5e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 197, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.116 219.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd6ee',
    500: '#4ac5e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4ac5e6;
$custom-light: #8fd6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4ac5e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.692,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76851,
    "c": 0.11641,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4AC5E6
secondary
#E4B4A8
accent
#5D35F2
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFD
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

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#4AC5E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva