#4AC8E2#4AC8E2

#4AC8E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.115 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC8E2
RGB	rgb(74, 200, 226)
HSL	hsl(190, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 11.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -26.43, -23.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 35.08, 221.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% -0.0948 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.115 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2000, 48.2512, 79.2896)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC8E2 #E2644A

analogous

#4AE2B0 #4AC8E2 #4A7CE2

triadic

#4AC8E2 #E24AC8 #C8E24A

tetradic

#4AC8E2 #B04AE2 #E2644A #7CE24A

square

#4AC8E2 #B04AE2 #E2644A #7CE24A

split-complementary

#4AC8E2 #E24A7C #E2B04A

monochromatic

#198399 #21B0CE #4AC8E2 #7FD8EA #B3E8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#4AC8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#4AC8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC8E2

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC8E2	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 200, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.115 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9eb',
    500: '#4ac8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac8e2;
$custom-light: #8ed9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.263,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77392,
    "c": 0.1145,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC8E2

secondary

#E2B0A6

accent

#5839EF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC8E2

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

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