#4AC1DD#4AC1DD

#4AC1DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.111 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC1DD
RGB	rgb(74, 193, 221)
HSL	hsl(191, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 12.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -24.45, -23.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 34.07, 224.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0898 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.111 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9397, 44.8124, 75.2008)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC1DD #DD664A

analogous

#4ADDB0 #4AC1DD #4A77DD

triadic

#4AC1DD #DD4AC1 #C1DD4A

tetradic

#4AC1DD #B04ADD #DD664A #77DD4A

square

#4AC1DD #B04ADD #DD664A #77DD4A

split-complementary

#4AC1DD #DD4A77 #DDB04A

monochromatic

#1B7B91 #25A6C5 #4AC1DD #7ED3E7 #B1E4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#4AC1DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#4AC1DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC1DD

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC1DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC1DD	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBBDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ACDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac1dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 193, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.111 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd4e7',
    500: '#4ac1dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac1dd;
$custom-light: #8dd4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac1dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75553,
    "c": 0.11147,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC1DD

secondary

#DFAFA4

accent

#5E3DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC1DD

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

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