#4ACAE5#4ACAE5

#4ACAE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.116 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ACAE5
RGB	rgb(74, 202, 229)
HSL	hsl(190, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 11.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, -26.52, -23.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 35.53, 221.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.0956 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.116 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0815, 49.3498, 81.6320)
Luminance	0.4935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ACAE5 #E5654A

analogous

#4AE5B3 #4ACAE5 #4A7CE5

triadic

#4ACAE5 #E54ACA #CAE54A

tetradic

#4ACAE5 #B34AE5 #E5654A #7CE54A

square

#4ACAE5 #B34AE5 #E5654A #7CE54A

split-complementary

#4ACAE5 #E54A7C #E5B34A

monochromatic

#17869E #1EB4D3 #4ACAE5 #80DAED #B5E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#4ACAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#4ACAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ACAE5

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ACAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ACAE5	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4acae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 202, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.116 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdaed',
    500: '#4acae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4acae5;
$custom-light: #8fdaed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4acae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.452,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77977,
    "c": 0.11608,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ACAE5

secondary

#E4B2A7

accent

#5736F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ACAE5

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

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