#4AC8EF#4AC8EF

#4AC8EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.122 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC8EF
RGB	rgb(74, 200, 239)
HSL	hsl(194, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 16.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -22.45, -29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 36.97, 232.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.0899 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.122 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0519, 48.9920, 89.0429)
Luminance	0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC8EF #EF714A

analogous

#4AEFC4 #4AC8EF #4A76EF

triadic

#4AC8EF #EF4AC8 #C8EF4A

tetradic

#4AC8EF #C44AEF #EF714A #76EF4A

square

#4AC8EF #C44AEF #EF714A #76EF4A

split-complementary

#4AC8EF #EF4A76 #EFC44A

monochromatic

#0F89AF #14B6E7 #4AC8EF #82D9F4 #BAEAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#4AC8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#4AC8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC8EF

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC8EF	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB3EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 200, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.122 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d8f4',
    500: '#4ac8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac8ef;
$custom-light: #90d8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.182,
    "s": 83.756,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77917,
    "c": 0.12169,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC8EF

secondary

#E9BAAC

accent

#3905E0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC8EF

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

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