#4AC9D4#4AC9D4

#4AC9D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.110 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC9D4
RGB	rgb(74, 201, 212)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 5.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -31.05, -15.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 34.82, 206.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.1014 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.11 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5892, 47.9787, 69.6598)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC9D4 #D4554A

analogous

#4AD49A #4AC9D4 #4A84D4

triadic

#4AC9D4 #D44AC9 #C9D44A

tetradic

#4AC9D4 #9A4AD4 #D4554A #84D44A

square

#4AC9D4 #9A4AD4 #D4554A #84D44A

split-complementary

#4AC9D4 #D44A84 #D49A4A

monochromatic

#1F7C84 #2BABB6 #4AC9D4 #7BD8E0 #ADE7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#4AC9D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#4AC9D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC9D4

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC9D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC9D4	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)

#BAC1D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac9d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 201, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.110 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddae1',
    500: '#4ac9d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac9d4;
$custom-light: #8ddae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac9d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.783,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77099,
    "c": 0.11046,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC9D4

secondary

#D9A5A0

accent

#5043E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC9D4

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

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