#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
RGB	rgb(74, 197, 230)
HSL	hsl(193, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 14.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.25, -23.71, -26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.25, 35.44, 228.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% -0.0903 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.116 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0673, 47.0974, 81.9847)
Luminance	0.4710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##4AC5E6	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4AC5E6

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

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