#4AC9D8#4AC9D8

#4AC9D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.111 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC9D8
RGB	rgb(74, 201, 216)
HSL	hsl(186, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 6.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -29.89, -17.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 34.75, 210.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% -0.0998 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.111 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1001, 48.1830, 72.3501)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC9D8 #D8594A

analogous

#4AD8A0 #4AC9D8 #4A82D8

triadic

#4AC9D8 #D84AC9 #C9D84A

tetradic

#4AC9D8 #A04AD8 #D8594A #82D84A

square

#4AC9D8 #A04AD8 #D8594A #82D84A

split-complementary

#4AC9D8 #D84A82 #D8A04A

monochromatic

#1E7E8A #29ADBC #4AC9D8 #7CD8E3 #AFE7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#4AC9D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#4AC9D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC9D8

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC9D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC9D8	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)

#B9C1D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 201, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.111 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9e4',
    500: '#4ac9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac9d8;
$custom-light: #8dd9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.338,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77246,
    "c": 0.11127,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC9D8

secondary

#DCA8A2

accent

#5240E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC9D8

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

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