#4AC0CD#4AC0CD

#4AC0CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.105 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC0CD
RGB	rgb(74, 192, 205)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 6.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -28.71, -16.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 33.01, 209.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.0951 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.105 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6884, 43.5594, 64.4308)
Luminance	0.4356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC0CD #CD574A

analogous

#4ACD98 #4AC0CD #4A7FCD

triadic

#4AC0CD #CD4AC0 #C0CD4A

tetradic

#4AC0CD #984ACD #CD574A #7FCD4A

square

#4AC0CD #984ACD #CD574A #7FCD4A

split-complementary

#4AC0CD #CD4A7F #CD984A

monochromatic

#22727B #2F9EAB #4AC0CD #7AD1DA #AAE1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#4AC0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#4AC0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC0CD

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC0CD	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 192, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.105 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd3dc',
    500: '#4ac0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac0cd;
$custom-light: #8cd3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.954,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74702,
    "c": 0.10534,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC0CD

secondary

#D5A39E

accent

#5748E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC0CD

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

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