#4AC6DD#4AC6DD

#4AC6DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.112 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC6DD
RGB	rgb(74, 198, 221)
HSL	hsl(189, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 10.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.23, -26.94, -21.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.23, 34.48, 218.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.0948 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.112 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0638, 47.0605, 75.5755)
Luminance	0.4706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC6DD #DD614A

analogous

#4ADDAB #4AC6DD #4A7CDD

triadic

#4AC6DD #DD4AC6 #C6DD4A

tetradic

#4AC6DD #AB4ADD #DD614A #7CDD4A

square

#4AC6DD #AB4ADD #DD614A #7CDD4A

split-complementary

#4AC6DD #DD4A7C #DDAB4A

monochromatic

#1B7F91 #25ACC5 #4AC6DD #7ED6E7 #B1E6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#4AC6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#4AC6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC6DD

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC6DD	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 198, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.112 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed7e7',
    500: '#4ac6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac6dd;
$custom-light: #8ed7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.388,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76728,
    "c": 0.11207,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC6DD

secondary

#DFADA4

accent

#583DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC6DD

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

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