#4AC2E5#4AC2E5

#4AC2E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.116 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC2E5
RGB	rgb(74, 194, 229)
HSL	hsl(194, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 15.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.35, -22.50, -27.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.35, 35.29, 230.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.0877 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.116 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2529, 45.6925, 81.0225)
Luminance	0.4570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC2E5 #E56D4A

analogous

#4AE5BA #4AC2E5 #4A75E5

triadic

#4AC2E5 #E54AC2 #C2E54A

tetradic

#4AC2E5 #BA4AE5 #E56D4A #75E54A

square

#4AC2E5 #BA4AE5 #E56D4A #75E54A

split-complementary

#4AC2E5 #E54A75 #E5BA4A

monochromatic

#177F9E #1EABD3 #4AC2E5 #80D4ED #B5E6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#4AC2E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#4AC2E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC2E5

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC2E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC2E5	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBDE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ADE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 194, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.116 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed4ed',
    500: '#4ac2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac2e5;
$custom-light: #8ed4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.548,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76112,
    "c": 0.11598,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC2E5

secondary

#E4B5A7

accent

#6136F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC2E5

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

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