#4AC8E1#4AC8E1

#4AC8E1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.114 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC8E1
RGB	rgb(74, 200, 225)
HSL	hsl(190, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 11.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -26.73, -22.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 34.99, 220.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.0952 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.114 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0632, 48.1965, 78.5691)
Luminance	0.4820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC8E1 #E1634A

analogous

#4AE1AE #4AC8E1 #4A7CE1

triadic

#4AC8E1 #E14AC8 #C8E14A

tetradic

#4AC8E1 #AE4AE1 #E1634A #7CE14A

square

#4AC8E1 #AE4AE1 #E1634A #7CE14A

split-complementary

#4AC8E1 #E14A7C #E1AE4A

monochromatic

#198397 #22B0CC #4AC8E1 #7ED8EA #B3E8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#4AC8E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#4AC8E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC8E1

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC8E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC8E1	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C2E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac8e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 200, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.114 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9ea',
    500: '#4ac8e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac8e1;
$custom-light: #8ed9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac8e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.934,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77353,
    "c": 0.11405,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC8E1

secondary

#E1AFA6

accent

#5739EE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC8E1

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

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