#4AC3CE#4AC3CE

#4AC3CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.107 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC3CE
RGB	rgb(74, 195, 206)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 5.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.85, -29.88, -15.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.85, 33.64, 207.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.0978 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.107 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4749, 44.9386, 65.2904)
Luminance	0.4494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC3CE #CE554A

analogous

#4ACE97 #4AC3CE #4A81CE

triadic

#4AC3CE #CE4AC3 #C3CE4A

tetradic

#4AC3CE #974ACE #CE554A #81CE4A

square

#4AC3CE #974ACE #CE554A #81CE4A

split-complementary

#4AC3CE #CE4A81 #CE974A

monochromatic

#22747C #2FA2AC #4AC3CE #7AD3DB #AAE3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#4AC3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#4AC3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC3CE

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC3CE	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ADCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 195, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.107 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd5dd',
    500: '#4ac3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac3ce;
$custom-light: #8cd5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75453,
    "c": 0.10679,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC3CE

secondary

#D6A39E

accent

#5447E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC3CE

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

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