#4AC1CE#4AC1CE

#4AC1CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.106 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC1CE
RGB	rgb(74, 193, 206)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 6.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, -28.91, -16.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 33.21, 209.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0958 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.106 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0298, 44.0484, 65.1420)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC1CE #CE574A

analogous

#4ACE99 #4AC1CE #4A7FCE

triadic

#4AC1CE #CE4AC1 #C1CE4A

tetradic

#4AC1CE #994ACE #CE574A #7FCE4A

square

#4AC1CE #994ACE #CE574A #7FCE4A

split-complementary

#4AC1CE #CE4A7F #CE994A

monochromatic

#22737C #2FA0AC #4AC1CE #7AD1DB #AAE2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#4AC1CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#4AC1CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC1CE

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC1CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC1CE	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EABCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 193, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.106 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd4dd',
    500: '#4ac1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac1ce;
$custom-light: #8cd4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.909,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74977,
    "c": 0.10595,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC1CE

secondary

#D6A49E

accent

#5647E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC1CE

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

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