#4ACDE9#4ACDE9

#4ACDE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.118 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ACDE9
RGB	rgb(74, 205, 233)
HSL	hsl(191, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 12%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, -26.79, -24.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 36.14, 222.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.097 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.118 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3572, 50.9972, 84.8442)
Luminance	0.5100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ACDE9 #E9664A

analogous

#4AE9B5 #4ACDE9 #4A7DE9

triadic

#4ACDE9 #E94ACD #CDE94A

tetradic

#4ACDE9 #B54AE9 #E9664A #7DE94A

square

#4ACDE9 #B54AE9 #E9664A #7DE94A

split-complementary

#4ACDE9 #E94A7D #E9B54A

monochromatic

#148BA5 #1BB9DB #4ACDE9 #81DCF0 #B7EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#4ACDE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#4ACDE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ACDE9

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ACDE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ACDE9	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C7EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4acde9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 205, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.118 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dcf0',
    500: '#4acde9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4acde9;
$custom-light: #90dcf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4acde9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.566,
    "s": 78.325,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78834,
    "c": 0.11822,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ACDE9

secondary

#A74531

accent

#2F0BDB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ACDE9

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

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