#4AC2ED#4AC2ED

#4AC2ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.121 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC2ED
RGB	rgb(74, 194, 237)
HSL	hsl(196, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 18.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, -20.01, -31.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 36.95, 237.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% -0.0848 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.121 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3957, 46.1496, 87.0413)
Luminance	0.4615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC2ED #ED754A

analogous

#4AEDC6 #4AC2ED #4A70ED

triadic

#4AC2ED #ED4AC2 #C2ED4A

tetradic

#4AC2ED #C64AED #ED754A #70ED4A

square

#4AC2ED #C64AED #ED754A #70ED4A

split-complementary

#4AC2ED #ED4A70 #EDC64A

monochromatic

#1183AC #17ADE3 #4AC2ED #82D5F3 #B9E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#4AC2ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#4AC2ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC2ED

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC2ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC2ED	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBEEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac2ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 194, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.121 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd4f3',
    500: '#4ac2ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac2ed;
$custom-light: #8fd4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac2ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.828,
    "s": 81.91,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76448,
    "c": 0.1214,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC2ED

secondary

#E8BBAB

accent

#4007DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC2ED

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

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