#4AC2E6#4AC2E6

#4AC2E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.117 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC2E6
RGB	rgb(74, 194, 230)
HSL	hsl(194, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 15.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.38, -22.19, -27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.38, 35.48, 231.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.0873 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.117 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3929, 45.7485, 81.7599)
Luminance	0.4575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC2E6 #E66E4A

analogous

#4AE6BC #4AC2E6 #4A74E6

triadic

#4AC2E6 #E64AC2 #C2E64A

tetradic

#4AC2E6 #BC4AE6 #E66E4A #74E64A

square

#4AC2E6 #BC4AE6 #E66E4A #74E64A

split-complementary

#4AC2E6 #E64A74 #E6BC4A

monochromatic

#1680A0 #1DABD5 #4AC2E6 #80D4ED #B6E6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#4AC2E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#4AC2E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC2E6

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC2E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC2E6	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBDE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ADE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac2e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 194, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.117 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed4ee',
    500: '#4ac2e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac2e6;
$custom-light: #8ed4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac2e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76153,
    "c": 0.11661,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC2E6

secondary

#E4B6A8

accent

#6135F2

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC2E6

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

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