#4AC8D9#4AC8D9

#4AC8D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.111 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC8D9
RGB	rgb(74, 200, 217)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -29.11, -18.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 34.58, 212.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0984 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.111 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9974, 47.7702, 72.9556)
Luminance	0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC8D9 #D95B4A

analogous

#4AD9A3 #4AC8D9 #4A81D9

triadic

#4AC8D9 #D94AC8 #C8D94A

tetradic

#4AC8D9 #A34AD9 #D95B4A #81D94A

square

#4AC8D9 #A34AD9 #D95B4A #81D94A

split-complementary

#4AC8D9 #D94A81 #D9A34A

monochromatic

#1D7E8B #28ACBE #4AC8D9 #7DD7E4 #AFE7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#4AC8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#4AC8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC8D9

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC8D9	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 200, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.111 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9e4',
    500: '#4ac8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac8d9;
$custom-light: #8dd9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.133,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77047,
    "c": 0.1112,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC8D9

secondary

#DCA9A2

accent

#5440E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC8D9

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

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