#4AC0E2#4AC0E2

#4AC0E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.114 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC0E2
RGB	rgb(74, 192, 226)
HSL	hsl(193, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 15%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -22.41, -26.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 34.80, 229.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0868 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.114 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3955, 44.6422, 78.6881)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC0E2 #E26C4A

analogous

#4AE2B8 #4AC0E2 #4A74E2

triadic

#4AC0E2 #E24AC0 #C0E24A

tetradic

#4AC0E2 #B84AE2 #E26C4A #74E24A

square

#4AC0E2 #B84AE2 #E26C4A #74E24A

split-complementary

#4AC0E2 #E24A74 #E2B84A

monochromatic

#197C99 #21A7CE #4AC0E2 #7FD2EA #B3E5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#4AC0E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#4AC0E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC0E2

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC0E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC0E2	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBBE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ABE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac0e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 192, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.114 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3eb',
    500: '#4ac0e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac0e2;
$custom-light: #8ed3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac0e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.421,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75522,
    "c": 0.11428,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC0E2

secondary

#E2B3A6

accent

#6239EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC0E2

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

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