#4AC2E2#4AC2E2

#4AC2E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.114 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC2E2
RGB	rgb(74, 194, 226)
HSL	hsl(193, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 14.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, -23.42, -25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 34.80, 227.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0888 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.114 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8376, 45.5264, 78.8355)
Luminance	0.4553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC2E2 #E26A4A

analogous

#4AE2B6 #4AC2E2 #4A76E2

triadic

#4AC2E2 #E24AC2 #C2E24A

tetradic

#4AC2E2 #B64AE2 #E26A4A #76E24A

square

#4AC2E2 #B64AE2 #E26A4A #76E24A

split-complementary

#4AC2E2 #E24A76 #E2B64A

monochromatic

#197E99 #21A9CE #4AC2E2 #7FD4EA #B3E6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#4AC2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#4AC2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC2E2

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC2E2	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBDE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ADE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 194, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.114 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed4eb',
    500: '#4ac2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac2e2;
$custom-light: #8ed4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.632,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75989,
    "c": 0.11419,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC2E2

secondary

#E2B3A6

accent

#5F39EF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC2E2

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

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