#4AC1ED#4AC1ED

#4AC1ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.122 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC1ED
RGB	rgb(74, 193, 237)
HSL	hsl(196, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 18.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.35, -19.49, -31.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.35, 37.05, 238.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0838 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.122 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1739, 45.7060, 86.9673)
Luminance	0.4571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC1ED #ED764A

analogous

#4AEDC7 #4AC1ED #4A6FED

triadic

#4AC1ED #ED4AC1 #C1ED4A

tetradic

#4AC1ED #C74AED #ED764A #6FED4A

square

#4AC1ED #C74AED #ED764A #6FED4A

split-complementary

#4AC1ED #ED4A6F #EDC74A

monochromatic

#1182AC #17ACE3 #4AC1ED #82D4F3 #B9E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#4AC1ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#4AC1ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC1ED

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC1ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC1ED	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BDEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ADEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac1ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 193, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.122 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd3f3',
    500: '#4ac1ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac1ed;
$custom-light: #8fd3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac1ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.196,
    "s": 81.91,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76217,
    "c": 0.12165,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC1ED

secondary

#E8BBAB

accent

#4107DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC1ED

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

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