#4AC9E9#4AC9E9

#4AC9E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.118 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC9E9
RGB	rgb(74, 201, 233)
HSL	hsl(192, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 13.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, -24.81, -26.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 35.95, 226.37°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0931 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.118 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4126, 49.1080, 84.5293)
Luminance	0.4911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC9E9 #E96A4A

analogous

#4AE9B9 #4AC9E9 #4A7AE9

triadic

#4AC9E9 #E94AC9 #C9E94A

tetradic

#4AC9E9 #B94AE9 #E96A4A #7AE94A

square

#4AC9E9 #B94AE9 #E96A4A #7AE94A

split-complementary

#4AC9E9 #E94A7A #E9B94A

monochromatic

#1487A5 #1BB4DB #4AC9E9 #81D9F0 #B7EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#4AC9E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#4AC9E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC9E9

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC9E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC9E9	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac9e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 201, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.118 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9f0',
    500: '#4ac9e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac9e9;
$custom-light: #8fd9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac9e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.075,
    "s": 78.325,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77903,
    "c": 0.11803,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC9E9

secondary

#E6B5A9

accent

#350BDB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC9E9

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

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