#4AC4D8#4AC4D8

#4AC4D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.110 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC4D8
RGB	rgb(74, 196, 216)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 9.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -27.44, -19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 33.93, 216.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.0948 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.11 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9534, 45.8897, 71.9679)
Luminance	0.4589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC4D8 #D85E4A

analogous

#4AD8A5 #4AC4D8 #4A7DD8

triadic

#4AC4D8 #D84AC4 #C4D84A

tetradic

#4AC4D8 #A54AD8 #D85E4A #7DD84A

square

#4AC4D8 #A54AD8 #D85E4A #7DD84A

split-complementary

#4AC4D8 #D84A7D #D8A54A

monochromatic

#1E7B8A #29A7BC #4AC4D8 #7CD4E3 #AFE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#4AC4D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#4AC4D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC4D8

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC4D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC4D8	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BDD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac4d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 196, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.110 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd6e4',
    500: '#4ac4d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac4d8;
$custom-light: #8dd6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac4d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.451,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76064,
    "c": 0.10977,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC4D8

secondary

#DCAAA2

accent

#5840E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC4D8

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

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