#4AC0E5#4AC0E5

#4AC0E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.116 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC0E5
RGB	rgb(74, 192, 229)
HSL	hsl(194, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 16.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -21.48, -28.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 35.36, 232.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.0857 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.116 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8108, 44.8083, 80.8751)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC0E5 #E56F4A

analogous

#4AE5BD #4AC0E5 #4A72E5

triadic

#4AC0E5 #E54AC0 #C0E54A

tetradic

#4AC0E5 #BD4AE5 #E56F4A #72E54A

square

#4AC0E5 #BD4AE5 #E56F4A #72E54A

split-complementary

#4AC0E5 #E54A72 #E5BD4A

monochromatic

#177E9E #1EA8D3 #4AC0E5 #80D3ED #B5E5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#4AC0E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#4AC0E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC0E5

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC0E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC0E5	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBCE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ACE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac0e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 192, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.116 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3ed',
    500: '#4ac0e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac0e5;
$custom-light: #8ed3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac0e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.323,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75647,
    "c": 0.11619,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC0E5

secondary

#E4B6A7

accent

#6336F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC0E5

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

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