#4AC8E7#4AC8E7

#4AC8E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.117 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC8E7
RGB	rgb(74, 200, 231)
HSL	hsl(192, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 13.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -24.92, -25.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 35.65, 225.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.0929 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.117 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8961, 48.5297, 82.9558)
Luminance	0.4853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC8E7 #E7694A

analogous

#4AE7B7 #4AC8E7 #4A7AE7

triadic

#4AC8E7 #E74AC8 #C8E74A

tetradic

#4AC8E7 #B74AE7 #E7694A #7AE74A

square

#4AC8E7 #B74AE7 #E7694A #7AE74A

split-complementary

#4AC8E7 #E74A7A #E7B74A

monochromatic

#1586A1 #1DB2D7 #4AC8E7 #80D8EE #B6E9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#4AC8E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#4AC8E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC8E7

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC8E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC8E7	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C2E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB2E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac8e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 200, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.117 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9ee',
    500: '#4ac8e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac8e7;
$custom-light: #8fd9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac8e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.847,
    "s": 76.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7759,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC8E7

secondary

#E5B4A8

accent

#5A35F3

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC8E7

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

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