#4AC5DD#4AC5DD

#4AC5DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.112 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC5DD
RGB	rgb(74, 197, 221)
HSL	hsl(190, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.94, -26.44, -21.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.94, 34.37, 219.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0938 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.112 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8360, 46.6048, 75.4996)
Luminance	0.4661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC5DD #DD624A

analogous

#4ADDAB #4AC5DD #4A7BDD

triadic

#4AC5DD #DD4AC5 #C5DD4A

tetradic

#4AC5DD #AB4ADD #DD624A #7BDD4A

square

#4AC5DD #AB4ADD #DD624A #7BDD4A

split-complementary

#4AC5DD #DD4A7B #DDAB4A

monochromatic

#1B7E91 #25ABC5 #4AC5DD #7ED6E7 #B1E6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#4AC5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#4AC5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC5DD

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC5DD	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 197, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.112 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed7e7',
    500: '#4ac5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac5dd;
$custom-light: #8ed7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.796,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76493,
    "c": 0.11191,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC5DD

secondary

#DFAEA4

accent

#593DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC5DD

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

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