#4AC5D8#4AC5D8

#4AC5D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.110 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC5D8
RGB	rgb(74, 197, 216)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 8.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, -27.93, -19.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 34.07, 214.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.0958 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.11 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1797, 46.3423, 72.0434)
Luminance	0.4635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC5D8 #D85D4A

analogous

#4AD8A4 #4AC5D8 #4A7ED8

triadic

#4AC5D8 #D84AC5 #C5D84A

tetradic

#4AC5D8 #A44AD8 #D85D4A #7ED84A

square

#4AC5D8 #A44AD8 #D85D4A #7ED84A

split-complementary

#4AC5D8 #D84A7E #D8A44A

monochromatic

#1E7B8A #29A8BC #4AC5D8 #7CD5E3 #AFE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#4AC5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#4AC5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC5D8

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC5D8	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AFD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 197, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.110 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd7e4',
    500: '#4ac5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac5d8;
$custom-light: #8dd7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.028,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.763,
    "c": 0.11002,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC5D8

secondary

#DCAAA2

accent

#5740E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC5D8

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

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