#4AC1E5#4AC1E5

#4AC1E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.116 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC1E5
RGB	rgb(74, 193, 229)
HSL	hsl(194, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 15.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -21.99, -27.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 35.32, 231.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.0867 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.116 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0311, 45.2489, 80.9485)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC1E5 #E56E4A

analogous

#4AE5BB #4AC1E5 #4A74E5

triadic

#4AC1E5 #E54AC1 #C1E54A

tetradic

#4AC1E5 #BB4AE5 #E56E4A #74E54A

square

#4AC1E5 #BB4AE5 #E56E4A #74E54A

split-complementary

#4AC1E5 #E54A74 #E5BB4A

monochromatic

#177F9E #1EA9D3 #4AC1E5 #80D3ED #B5E6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#4AC1E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#4AC1E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC1E5

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC1E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC1E5	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBCE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ACE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac1e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 193, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.116 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed4ed',
    500: '#4ac1e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac1e5;
$custom-light: #8ed4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac1e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.935,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75879,
    "c": 0.11607,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC1E5

secondary

#E4B5A7

accent

#6236F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC1E5

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

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