#4AC8E3#4AC8E3

#4AC8E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.115 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC8E3
RGB	rgb(74, 200, 227)
HSL	hsl(191, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 11.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -26.13, -23.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 35.18, 222.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.0944 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.115 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3376, 48.3063, 80.0144)
Luminance	0.4831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC8E3 #E3654A

analogous

#4AE3B2 #4AC8E3 #4A7CE3

triadic

#4AC8E3 #E34AC8 #C8E34A

tetradic

#4AC8E3 #B24AE3 #E3654A #7CE34A

square

#4AC8E3 #B24AE3 #E3654A #7CE34A

split-complementary

#4AC8E3 #E34A7C #E3B24A

monochromatic

#18849B #20B1D0 #4AC8E3 #7FD8EB #B4E8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#4AC8E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#4AC8E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC8E3

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC8E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC8E3	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB2E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac8e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 200, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.115 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9eb',
    500: '#4ac8e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac8e3;
$custom-light: #8ed9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac8e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77431,
    "c": 0.11495,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC8E3

secondary

#E2B1A6

accent

#5838F0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC8E3

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

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