#4AC6DE#4AC6DE

#4AC6DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.112 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC6DE
RGB	rgb(74, 198, 222)
HSL	hsl(190, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 10.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, -26.64, -22.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 34.55, 219.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% -0.0944 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.112 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1974, 47.1139, 76.2793)
Luminance	0.4712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC6DE #DE624A

analogous

#4ADEAC #4AC6DE #4A7CDE

triadic

#4AC6DE #DE4AC6 #C6DE4A

tetradic

#4AC6DE #AC4ADE #DE624A #7CDE4A

square

#4AC6DE #AC4ADE #DE624A #7CDE4A

split-complementary

#4AC6DE #DE4A7C #DEAC4A

monochromatic

#1B7F93 #24ACC7 #4AC6DE #7ED6E7 #B2E7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#4AC6DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#4AC6DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC6DE

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC6DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC6DE	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac6de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 198, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.112 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed7e8',
    500: '#4ac6de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac6de;
$custom-light: #8ed7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac6de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.73,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76766,
    "c": 0.11248,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC6DE

secondary

#DFAEA4

accent

#583CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC6DE

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

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