#4AC0E8#4AC0E8

#4AC0E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.118 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC0E8
RGB	rgb(74, 192, 232)
HSL	hsl(195, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 17.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -20.55, -29.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 35.98, 235.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0846 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.118 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2332, 44.9773, 83.1002)
Luminance	0.4498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC0E8 #E8724A

analogous

#4AE8C1 #4AC0E8 #4A71E8

triadic

#4AC0E8 #E84AC0 #C0E84A

tetradic

#4AC0E8 #C14AE8 #E8724A #71E84A

square

#4AC0E8 #C14AE8 #E8724A #71E84A

split-complementary

#4AC0E8 #E84A71 #E8C14A

monochromatic

#157FA3 #1CA9D9 #4AC0E8 #80D3EF #B7E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#4AC0E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#4AC0E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC0E8

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC0E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC0E8	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABCEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ACE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac0e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 192, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.118 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3ef',
    500: '#4ac0e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac0e8;
$custom-light: #8ed3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac0e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.19,
    "s": 77.451,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75773,
    "c": 0.11823,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC0E8

secondary

#E5B8A8

accent

#6434F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC0E8

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

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