#4AC2E4#4AC2E4

#4AC2E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.115 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC2E4
RGB	rgb(74, 194, 228)
HSL	hsl(193, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 14.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, -22.81, -26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 35.12, 229.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0881 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.115 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1137, 45.6368, 80.2893)
Luminance	0.4564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC2E4 #E46C4A

analogous

#4AE4B9 #4AC2E4 #4A75E4

triadic

#4AC2E4 #E44AC2 #C2E44A

tetradic

#4AC2E4 #B94AE4 #E46C4A #75E44A

square

#4AC2E4 #B94AE4 #E46C4A #75E44A

split-complementary

#4AC2E4 #E44A75 #E4B94A

monochromatic

#177F9C #1FAAD2 #4AC2E4 #7FD4EC #B5E6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#4AC2E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#4AC2E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC2E4

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC2E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC2E4	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBDE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ADE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac2e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 194, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.115 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed4ec',
    500: '#4ac2e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac2e4;
$custom-light: #8ed4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac2e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.247,
    "s": 74.038,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76071,
    "c": 0.11537,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC2E4

secondary

#E3B4A7

accent

#6037F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC2E4

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

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