#4AC8DD#4AC8DD

#4AC8DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.112 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC8DD
RGB	rgb(74, 200, 221)
HSL	hsl(189, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 9.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -27.92, -20.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 34.72, 216.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.0968 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.112 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5239, 47.9808, 75.7289)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC8DD #DD5F4A

analogous

#4ADDA8 #4AC8DD #4A7FDD

triadic

#4AC8DD #DD4AC8 #C8DD4A

tetradic

#4AC8DD #A84ADD #DD5F4A #7FDD4A

square

#4AC8DD #A84ADD #DD5F4A #7FDD4A

split-complementary

#4AC8DD #DD4A7F #DDA84A

monochromatic

#1B8091 #25AEC5 #4AC8DD #7ED8E7 #B1E7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#4AC8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#4AC8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC8DD

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC8DD	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 200, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.112 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9e7',
    500: '#4ac8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac8dd;
$custom-light: #8ed9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77198,
    "c": 0.11248,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC8DD

secondary

#DFACA4

accent

#563DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC8DD

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

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