#4AC8ED#4AC8ED

#4AC8ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.120 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC8ED
RGB	rgb(74, 200, 237)
HSL	hsl(194, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 15.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.37, -23.07, -28.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.37, 36.59, 230.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.0906 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.12 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7581, 48.8744, 87.4954)
Luminance	0.4888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC8ED #ED6F4A

analogous

#4AEDC1 #4AC8ED #4A76ED

triadic

#4AC8ED #ED4AC8 #C8ED4A

tetradic

#4AC8ED #C14AED #ED6F4A #76ED4A

square

#4AC8ED #C14AED #ED6F4A #76ED4A

split-complementary

#4AC8ED #ED4A76 #EDC14A

monochromatic

#1188AC #17B5E3 #4AC8ED #82D9F3 #B9EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#4AC8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#4AC8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC8ED

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC8ED	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C3EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 200, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.120 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9f3',
    500: '#4ac8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac8ed;
$custom-light: #90d9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.62,
    "s": 81.91,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77834,
    "c": 0.12042,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC8ED

secondary

#E8B9AB

accent

#3807DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC8ED

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

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