#4AC0CE#4AC0CE

#4AC0CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.106 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC0CE
RGB	rgb(74, 192, 206)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 6.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -28.42, -16.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 33.01, 210.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0947 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.106 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8095, 43.6078, 65.0686)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC0CE #CE584A

analogous

#4ACE9A #4AC0CE #4A7ECE

triadic

#4AC0CE #CE4AC0 #C0CE4A

tetradic

#4AC0CE #9A4ACE #CE584A #7ECE4A

square

#4AC0CE #9A4ACE #CE584A #7ECE4A

split-complementary

#4AC0CE #CE4A7E #CE9A4A

monochromatic

#22727C #2F9FAC #4AC0CE #7AD1DB #AAE2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#4AC0CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#4AC0CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC0CE

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC0CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC0CE	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac0ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 192, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.106 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd3dd',
    500: '#4ac0ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac0ce;
$custom-light: #8cd3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac0ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.364,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74739,
    "c": 0.10557,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC0CE

secondary

#D6A49E

accent

#5747E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC0CE

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

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