#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
RGBrgb(74, 200, 229)
HSLhsl(191, 75%, 59%)
HSVhsv(191, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(67.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(75.09, -25.52, -24.53)
CIE-LCHlch(75.09, 35.40, 223.86°)
OKLaboklab(77.51% -0.0936 -0.0683)
OKLCHoklch(77.51% 0.116 216.1)
XYZxyz(37.6153, 48.4173, 81.4766)
Luminance0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##4AC8E51.001.9710.6810.68
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6821.001.001.00
##00000010.6821.001.001.00

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

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#4AC8E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva