#4AC0D8#4AC0D8

#4AC0D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.109 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC0D8
RGB	rgb(74, 192, 216)
HSL	hsl(190, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 11.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.30, -25.45, -21.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.30, 33.47, 220.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.0907 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.109 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0632, 44.1093, 71.6712)
Luminance	0.4411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC0D8 #D8624A

analogous

#4AD8A9 #4AC0D8 #4A79D8

triadic

#4AC0D8 #D84AC0 #C0D84A

tetradic

#4AC0D8 #A94AD8 #D8624A #79D84A

square

#4AC0D8 #A94AD8 #D8624A #79D84A

split-complementary

#4AC0D8 #D84A79 #D8A94A

monochromatic

#1E788A #29A3BC #4AC0D8 #7CD2E3 #AFE3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#4AC0D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#4AC0D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC0D8

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC0D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC0D8	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBAD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AABD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac0d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 192, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.109 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd3e4',
    500: '#4ac0d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac0d8;
$custom-light: #8dd3e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac0d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.141,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75121,
    "c": 0.109,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC0D8

secondary

#DCACA2

accent

#5D40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC0D8

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

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