#4AC6E6#4AC6E6

#4AC6E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.116 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC6E6
RGB	rgb(74, 198, 230)
HSL	hsl(192, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 13.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -24.22, -25.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 35.46, 226.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.0913 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.116 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2951, 47.5530, 82.0607)
Luminance	0.4756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC6E6 #E66A4A

analogous

#4AE6B8 #4AC6E6 #4A78E6

triadic

#4AC6E6 #E64AC6 #C6E64A

tetradic

#4AC6E6 #B84AE6 #E66A4A #78E64A

square

#4AC6E6 #B84AE6 #E66A4A #78E64A

split-complementary

#4AC6E6 #E64A78 #E6B84A

monochromatic

#1683A0 #1DB0D5 #4AC6E6 #80D7ED #B6E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#4AC6E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#4AC6E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC6E6

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC6E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC6E6	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C1E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB0E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac6e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 198, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.116 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd7ee',
    500: '#4ac6e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac6e6;
$custom-light: #8fd7ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac6e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.308,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77084,
    "c": 0.11639,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC6E6

secondary

#E4B4A8

accent

#5C35F2

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC6E6

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

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