#4AC0DD#4AC0DD

#4AC0DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.111 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC0DD
RGB	rgb(74, 192, 221)
HSL	hsl(192, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 13.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -23.94, -24.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 34.03, 225.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0888 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.111 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7194, 44.3717, 75.1274)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC0DD #DD674A

analogous

#4ADDB1 #4AC0DD #4A76DD

triadic

#4AC0DD #DD4AC0 #C0DD4A

tetradic

#4AC0DD #B14ADD #DD674A #76DD4A

square

#4AC0DD #B14ADD #DD674A #76DD4A

split-complementary

#4AC0DD #DD4A76 #DDB14A

monochromatic

#1B7A91 #25A5C5 #4AC0DD #7ED2E7 #B1E4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#4AC0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#4AC0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC0DD

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC0DD	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBBDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 192, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.111 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd3e7',
    500: '#4ac0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac0dd;
$custom-light: #8dd3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.837,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75319,
    "c": 0.11142,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC0DD

secondary

#DFB0A4

accent

#5F3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC0DD

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

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