#4AC9E4#4AC9E4

#4AC9E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.116 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC9E4
RGB	rgb(74, 201, 228)
HSL	hsl(191, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 11.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.34, -26.32, -23.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.34, 35.35, 221.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% -0.095 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.116 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7084, 48.8263, 80.8208)
Luminance	0.4883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC9E4 #E4654A

analogous

#4AE4B2 #4AC9E4 #4A7CE4

triadic

#4AC9E4 #E44AC9 #C9E44A

tetradic

#4AC9E4 #B24AE4 #E4654A #7CE44A

square

#4AC9E4 #B24AE4 #E4654A #7CE44A

split-complementary

#4AC9E4 #E44A7C #E4B24A

monochromatic

#17859C #1FB2D2 #4AC9E4 #7FD9EC #B5E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#4AC9E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#4AC9E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC9E4

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC9E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC9E4	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac9e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 201, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.116 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9ec',
    500: '#4ac9e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac9e4;
$custom-light: #8fd9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac9e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.519,
    "s": 74.038,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77704,
    "c": 0.11552,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC9E4

secondary

#E3B1A7

accent

#5837F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC9E4

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

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