#4AC0E4#4AC0E4

#4AC0E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.116 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC0E4
RGB	rgb(74, 192, 228)
HSL	hsl(194, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 15.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -21.79, -27.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 35.16, 231.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0861 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.116 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6715, 44.7526, 80.1419)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC0E4 #E46E4A

analogous

#4AE4BB #4AC0E4 #4A73E4

triadic

#4AC0E4 #E44AC0 #C0E44A

tetradic

#4AC0E4 #BB4AE4 #E46E4A #73E44A

square

#4AC0E4 #BB4AE4 #E46E4A #73E44A

split-complementary

#4AC0E4 #E44A73 #E4BB4A

monochromatic

#177D9C #1FA8D2 #4AC0E4 #7FD3EC #B5E5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#4AC0E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#4AC0E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC0E4

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC0E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC0E4	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBBE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ACE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac0e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 192, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.116 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3ec',
    500: '#4ac0e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac0e4;
$custom-light: #8ed3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac0e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.026,
    "s": 74.038,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75605,
    "c": 0.11554,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC0E4

secondary

#E3B5A7

accent

#6237F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC0E4

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

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