#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
RGBrgb(74, 201, 231)
HSLhsl(191, 77%, 60%)
HSVhsv(191, 68%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(68%, 13%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(75.45, -25.41, -25.05)
CIE-LCHlch(75.45, 35.69, 224.59°)
OKLaboklab(77.82% -0.0939 -0.0698)
OKLCHoklch(77.82% 0.117 216.6)
XYZxyz(38.1285, 48.9944, 83.0332)
Luminance0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##4AC9E71.001.9410.8010.80
#FFFFFF1.941.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8021.001.001.00
##00000010.8021.001.001.00

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

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#4AC9E7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva