#4AC0E1#4AC0E1

#4AC0E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.114 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC0E1
RGB	rgb(74, 192, 225)
HSL	hsl(193, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 14.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -22.72, -26.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 34.63, 229.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0872 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.114 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2587, 44.5875, 77.9676)
Luminance	0.4459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC0E1 #E16B4A

analogous

#4AE1B7 #4AC0E1 #4A74E1

triadic

#4AC0E1 #E14AC0 #C0E14A

tetradic

#4AC0E1 #B74AE1 #E16B4A #74E14A

square

#4AC0E1 #B74AE1 #E16B4A #74E14A

split-complementary

#4AC0E1 #E14A74 #E1B74A

monochromatic

#197C97 #22A7CC #4AC0E1 #7ED2EA #B3E5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#4AC0E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#4AC0E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC0E1

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC0E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC0E1	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBBE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ABE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac0e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 192, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.114 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3ea',
    500: '#4ac0e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac0e1;
$custom-light: #8ed3ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac0e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.113,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75481,
    "c": 0.11368,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC0E1

secondary

#E1B3A6

accent

#6139EE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC0E1

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

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