#4AC0ED#4AC0ED

#4AC0ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.122 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC0ED
RGB	rgb(74, 192, 237)
HSL	hsl(197, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 19%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.07, -18.98, -31.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.07, 37.16, 239.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0828 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.122 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9536, 45.2654, 86.8939)
Luminance	0.4527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC0ED #ED774A

analogous

#4AEDC8 #4AC0ED #4A6EED

triadic

#4AC0ED #ED4AC0 #C0ED4A

tetradic

#4AC0ED #C84AED #ED774A #6EED4A

square

#4AC0ED #C84AED #ED774A #6EED4A

split-complementary

#4AC0ED #ED4A6E #EDC84A

monochromatic

#1181AC #17ABE3 #4AC0ED #82D3F3 #B9E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#4AC0ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#4AC0ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC0ED

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC0ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC0ED	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BDEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ACEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac0ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 192, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.122 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd3f3',
    500: '#4ac0ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac0ed;
$custom-light: #8fd3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac0ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.564,
    "s": 81.91,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75987,
    "c": 0.12191,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC0ED

secondary

#E8BCAB

accent

#4307DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC0ED

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

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