#4AC6D9#4AC6D9

#4AC6D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.111 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC6D9
RGB	rgb(74, 198, 217)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 8.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, -28.13, -19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 34.26, 214.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.0964 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.111 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5372, 46.8498, 72.8022)
Luminance	0.4685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC6D9 #D95D4A

analogous

#4AD9A5 #4AC6D9 #4A7FD9

triadic

#4AC6D9 #D94AC6 #C6D94A

tetradic

#4AC6D9 #A54AD9 #D95D4A #7FD94A

square

#4AC6D9 #A54AD9 #D95D4A #7FD94A

split-complementary

#4AC6D9 #D94A7F #D9A54A

monochromatic

#1D7D8B #28AABE #4AC6D9 #7DD6E4 #AFE6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#4AC6D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#4AC6D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC6D9

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC6D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC6D9	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BFDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac6d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 198, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.111 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd7e4',
    500: '#4ac6d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac6d9;
$custom-light: #8dd7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac6d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.972,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76574,
    "c": 0.11062,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC6D9

secondary

#DCAAA2

accent

#5640E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC6D9

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

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