#4AC9E3#4AC9E3

#4AC9E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.115 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4AC9E3
RGBrgb(74, 201, 227)
HSLhsl(190, 73%, 59%)
HSVhsv(190, 67%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(67.4%, 11.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(75.31, -26.62, -23.11)
CIE-LCHlch(75.31, 35.26, 220.96°)
OKLaboklab(77.66% -0.0954 -0.0643)
OKLCHoklch(77.66% 0.115 214)
XYZxyz(37.5700, 48.7710, 80.0919)
Luminance0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4AC9E3 #E3644A
analogous
#4AE3B1 #4AC9E3 #4A7DE3
triadic
#4AC9E3 #E34AC9 #C9E34A
tetradic
#4AC9E3 #B14AE3 #E3644A #7DE34A
square
#4AC9E3 #B14AE3 #E3644A #7DE34A
split-complementary
#4AC9E3 #E34A7D #E3B14A
monochromatic
#18849B #20B2D0 #4AC9E3 #7FD9EB #B4E9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95
#4AC9E3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76
#4AC9E3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC9E3
10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4AC9E3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4AC9E31.001.9510.7610.76
#FFFFFF1.951.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7621.001.001.00
##00000010.7621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6C3E5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0B3E3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D3D1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4ac9e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 201, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.115 214.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9eb',
    500: '#4ac9e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4ac9e3;
$custom-light: #8fd9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4ac9e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.196,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77665,
    "c": 0.11507,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.48775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4AC9E3
secondary
#E2B1A6
accent
#5738F0
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFD
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8384

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#4AC9E3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva