#4AC6E1#4AC6E1

#4AC6E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.114 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC6E1
RGB	rgb(74, 198, 225)
HSL	hsl(191, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 12%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -25.74, -23.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 34.83, 222.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.0932 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.114 215)
XYZ	xyz(36.6031, 47.2762, 78.4157)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC6E1 #E1654A

analogous

#4AE1B0 #4AC6E1 #4A7AE1

triadic

#4AC6E1 #E14AC6 #C6E14A

tetradic

#4AC6E1 #B04AE1 #E1654A #7AE14A

square

#4AC6E1 #B04AE1 #E1654A #7AE14A

split-complementary

#4AC6E1 #E14A7A #E1B04A

monochromatic

#198197 #22AECC #4AC6E1 #7ED7EA #B3E7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#4AC6E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#4AC6E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC6E1

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC6E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC6E1	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C0E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB0E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac6e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 198, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.114 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed7ea',
    500: '#4ac6e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac6e1;
$custom-light: #8ed7ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac6e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.728,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76884,
    "c": 0.11382,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.4728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC6E1

secondary

#E1B0A6

accent

#5A39EE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC6E1

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

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