#4AC9E7#4AC9E7

#4AC9E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.117 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC9E7
RGB	rgb(74, 201, 231)
HSL	hsl(191, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 13%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -25.41, -25.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 35.69, 224.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.0939 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.117 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1285, 48.9944, 83.0332)
Luminance	0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC9E7 #E7684A

analogous

#4AE7B7 #4AC9E7 #4A7BE7

triadic

#4AC9E7 #E74AC9 #C9E74A

tetradic

#4AC9E7 #B74AE7 #E7684A #7BE74A

square

#4AC9E7 #B74AE7 #E7684A #7BE74A

split-complementary

#4AC9E7 #E74A7B #E7B74A

monochromatic

#1587A1 #1DB4D7 #4AC9E7 #80D9EE #B6E9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#4AC9E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#4AC9E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC9E7

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC9E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC9E7	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)

#B5C3E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB3E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac9e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 201, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.117 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9ee',
    500: '#4ac9e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac9e7;
$custom-light: #8fd9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac9e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.465,
    "s": 76.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77823,
    "c": 0.11698,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC9E7

secondary

#E5B4A8

accent

#5935F3

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC9E7

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

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