#4AC8E5#4AC8E5

#4AC8E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.116 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC8E5
RGB	rgb(74, 200, 229)
HSL	hsl(191, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -25.52, -24.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 35.40, 223.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.0936 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.116 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6153, 48.4173, 81.4766)
Luminance	0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC8E5 #E5674A

analogous

#4AE5B5 #4AC8E5 #4A7BE5

triadic

#4AC8E5 #E54AC8 #C8E54A

tetradic

#4AC8E5 #B54AE5 #E5674A #7BE54A

square

#4AC8E5 #B54AE5 #E5674A #7BE54A

split-complementary

#4AC8E5 #E54A7B #E5B54A

monochromatic

#17859E #1EB2D3 #4AC8E5 #80D8ED #B5E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#4AC8E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#4AC8E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC8E5

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC8E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC8E5	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB2E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac8e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 200, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.116 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9ed',
    500: '#4ac8e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac8e5;
$custom-light: #8fd9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac8e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.226,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7751,
    "c": 0.11592,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC8E5

secondary

#E4B3A7

accent

#5936F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC8E5

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

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