#4AC9D5#4AC9D5

#4AC9D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.111 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC9D5
RGB	rgb(74, 201, 213)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 5.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -30.76, -16.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 34.79, 207.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.101 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.111 204)
XYZ	xyz(35.7158, 48.0293, 70.3262)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC9D5 #D5564A

analogous

#4AD59C #4AC9D5 #4A84D5

triadic

#4AC9D5 #D54AC9 #C9D54A

tetradic

#4AC9D5 #9C4AD5 #D5564A #84D54A

square

#4AC9D5 #9C4AD5 #D5564A #84D54A

split-complementary

#4AC9D5 #D54A84 #D59C4A

monochromatic

#1F7D86 #2BABB7 #4AC9D5 #7CD8E1 #ADE7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#4AC9D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#4AC9D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC9D5

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC9D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC9D5	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC1D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac9d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 201, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.111 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddae1',
    500: '#4ac9d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac9d5;
$custom-light: #8ddae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac9d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.18,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77136,
    "c": 0.11063,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.48033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC9D5

secondary

#DAA6A1

accent

#5042E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC9D5

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

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