#4AC6D8#4AC6D8

#4AC6D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.110 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC6D8
RGB	rgb(74, 198, 216)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 8.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, -28.42, -19.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 34.22, 213.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% -0.0968 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.11 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4075, 46.7980, 72.1193)
Luminance	0.4680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC6D8 #D85C4A

analogous

#4AD8A3 #4AC6D8 #4A7FD8

triadic

#4AC6D8 #D84AC6 #C6D84A

tetradic

#4AC6D8 #A34AD8 #D85C4A #7FD84A

square

#4AC6D8 #A34AD8 #D85C4A #7FD84A

split-complementary

#4AC6D8 #D84A7F #D8A34A

monochromatic

#1E7C8A #29AABC #4AC6D8 #7CD6E3 #AFE6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#4AC6D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#4AC6D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC6D8

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC6D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC6D8	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BFD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B0D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac6d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 198, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.110 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd7e4',
    500: '#4ac6d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac6d8;
$custom-light: #8dd7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac6d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.606,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76537,
    "c": 0.1103,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC6D8

secondary

#DCA9A2

accent

#5540E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC6D8

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

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