#4AC6E2#4AC6E2

#4AC6E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.114 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC6E2
RGB	rgb(74, 198, 226)
HSL	hsl(191, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 12.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -25.43, -23.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 34.94, 223.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0928 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.114 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7399, 47.3309, 79.1363)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC6E2 #E2664A

analogous

#4AE2B2 #4AC6E2 #4A7AE2

triadic

#4AC6E2 #E24AC6 #C6E24A

tetradic

#4AC6E2 #B24AE2 #E2664A #7AE24A

square

#4AC6E2 #B24AE2 #E2664A #7AE24A

split-complementary

#4AC6E2 #E24A7A #E2B24A

monochromatic

#198199 #21AECE #4AC6E2 #7FD7EA #B3E7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#4AC6E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#4AC6E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC6E2

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC6E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC6E2	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB0E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac6e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 198, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.114 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed7eb',
    500: '#4ac6e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac6e2;
$custom-light: #8ed7eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac6e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.053,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76924,
    "c": 0.1143,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC6E2

secondary

#E2B1A6

accent

#5A39EF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC6E2

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

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