#4AC5D9#4AC5D9

#4AC5D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.110 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC5D9
RGB	rgb(74, 197, 217)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 9.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -27.64, -20.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 34.11, 215.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% -0.0954 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.11 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3094, 46.3942, 72.7263)
Luminance	0.4640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC5D9 #D95E4A

analogous

#4AD9A6 #4AC5D9 #4A7DD9

triadic

#4AC5D9 #D94AC5 #C5D94A

tetradic

#4AC5D9 #A64AD9 #D95E4A #7DD94A

square

#4AC5D9 #A64AD9 #D95E4A #7DD94A

split-complementary

#4AC5D9 #D94A7D #D9A64A

monochromatic

#1D7C8B #28A9BE #4AC5D9 #7DD5E4 #AFE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#4AC5D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#4AC5D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC5D9

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC5D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC5D9	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BEDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac5d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 197, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.110 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd7e4',
    500: '#4ac5d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac5d9;
$custom-light: #8dd7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac5d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.392,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76338,
    "c": 0.11036,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC5D9

secondary

#DCAAA2

accent

#5740E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC5D9

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

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