#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
RGBrgb(74, 201, 233)
HSLhsl(192, 78%, 60%)
HSVhsv(192, 68%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(68.2%, 13.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(75.52, -24.81, -26.02)
CIE-LCHlch(75.52, 35.95, 226.37°)
OKLaboklab(77.9% -0.0931 -0.0725)
OKLCHoklch(77.9% 0.118 217.9)
XYZxyz(38.4126, 49.1080, 84.5293)
Luminance0.4911 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##4AC9E91.001.9410.8210.82
#FFFFFF1.941.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8221.001.001.00
##00000010.8221.001.001.00

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

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#4AC9E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva