#4AADAE#4AADAE

#4AADAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.092 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AADAE
RGB	rgb(74, 173, 174)
HSL	hsl(181, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(181, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 0.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, -28.25, -9.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 29.72, 198.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69% -0.0881 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.092 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4043, 34.3964, 45.3366)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AADAE #AE4B4A

analogous

#4AAE7D #4AADAE #4A7BAE

triadic

#4AADAE #AE4AAD #ADAE4A

tetradic

#4AADAE #7D4AAE #AE4B4A #7BAE4A

square

#4AADAE #7D4AAE #AE4B4A #7BAE4A

split-complementary

#4AADAE #AE4A7B #AE7D4A

monochromatic

#255858 #388283 #4AADAE #72C2C3 #9DD5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#4AADAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#4AADAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AADAE

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AADAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AADAE	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A5AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9299AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aadae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 173, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.092 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c6c6',
    500: '#4aadae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aadae;
$custom-light: #87c6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aadae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.6,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69004,
    "c": 0.09173,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AADAE

secondary

#C29292

accent

#5958D0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AADAE

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

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