#4AC5E8#4AC5E8

#4AC5E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.118 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC5E8
RGB	rgb(74, 197, 232)
HSL	hsl(193, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 15.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, -23.10, -27.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 35.77, 229.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.0895 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.118 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3498, 47.2104, 83.4724)
Luminance	0.4722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC5E8 #E86D4A

analogous

#4AE8BC #4AC5E8 #4A76E8

triadic

#4AC5E8 #E84AC5 #C5E84A

tetradic

#4AC5E8 #BC4AE8 #E86D4A #76E84A

square

#4AC5E8 #BC4AE8 #E86D4A #76E84A

split-complementary

#4AC5E8 #E84A76 #E8BC4A

monochromatic

#1583A3 #1CAFD9 #4AC5E8 #80D6EF #B7E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#4AC5E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#4AC5E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC5E8

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC5E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC5E8	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac5e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 197, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.118 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd6ef',
    500: '#4ac5e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac5e8;
$custom-light: #8fd6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac5e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.291,
    "s": 77.451,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76933,
    "c": 0.1176,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC5E8

secondary

#E5B6A8

accent

#5E34F4

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC5E8

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

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