#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
RGBrgb(74, 200, 227)
HSLhsl(191, 73%, 59%)
HSVhsv(191, 67%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(67.4%, 11.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(75.02, -26.13, -23.55)
CIE-LCHlch(75.02, 35.18, 222.03°)
OKLaboklab(77.43% -0.0944 -0.0656)
OKLCHoklch(77.43% 0.115 214.8)
XYZxyz(37.3376, 48.3063, 80.0144)
Luminance0.4831 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##4AC8E31.001.9710.6610.66
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6621.001.001.00
##00000010.6621.001.001.00

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

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#4AC8E3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva