#4ACEE9#4ACEE9

#4ACEE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.118 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ACEE9
RGB	rgb(74, 206, 233)
HSL	hsl(190, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(190, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 11.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -27.29, -23.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 36.22, 221.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.098 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.118 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5971, 51.4772, 84.9242)
Luminance	0.5148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ACEE9 #E9654A

analogous

#4AE9B5 #4ACEE9 #4A7EE9

triadic

#4ACEE9 #E94ACE #CEE94A

tetradic

#4ACEE9 #B54AE9 #E9654A #7EE94A

square

#4ACEE9 #B54AE9 #E9654A #7EE94A

split-complementary

#4ACEE9 #E94A7E #E9B54A

monochromatic

#148CA5 #1BBADB #4ACEE9 #81DDF0 #B7ECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#4ACEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#4ACEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ACEE9

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ACEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ACEE9	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC7EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B7E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4acee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 206, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.118 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ddf0',
    500: '#4acee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4acee9;
$custom-light: #90ddf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4acee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.189,
    "s": 78.325,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79068,
    "c": 0.11832,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ACEE9

secondary

#A74531

accent

#2E0BDB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ACEE9

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

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