#4AC2E8#4AC2E8

#4AC2E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.118 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC2E8
RGB	rgb(74, 194, 232)
HSL	hsl(194, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 16.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, -21.57, -28.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 35.86, 233.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.0866 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.118 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6754, 45.8615, 83.2476)
Luminance	0.4587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC2E8 #E8704A

analogous

#4AE8BF #4AC2E8 #4A73E8

triadic

#4AC2E8 #E84AC2 #C2E84A

tetradic

#4AC2E8 #BF4AE8 #E8704A #73E84A

square

#4AC2E8 #BF4AE8 #E8704A #73E84A

split-complementary

#4AC2E8 #E84A73 #E8BF4A

monochromatic

#1581A3 #1CACD9 #4AC2E8 #80D4EF #B7E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#4AC2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#4AC2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC2E8

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC2E8	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBEEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ADE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 194, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.118 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd4ef',
    500: '#4ac2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac2e8;
$custom-light: #8fd4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.43,
    "s": 77.451,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76236,
    "c": 0.1179,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC2E8

secondary

#E5B7A8

accent

#6234F4

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC2E8

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

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