#4AC9D9#4AC9D9

#4AC9D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.112 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC9D9
RGB	rgb(74, 201, 217)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 7.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, -29.59, -18.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 34.75, 211.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0994 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.112 207)
XYZ	xyz(36.2297, 48.2349, 73.0331)
Luminance	0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC9D9 #D95A4A

analogous

#4AD9A1 #4AC9D9 #4A82D9

triadic

#4AC9D9 #D94AC9 #C9D94A

tetradic

#4AC9D9 #A14AD9 #D95A4A #82D94A

square

#4AC9D9 #A14AD9 #D95A4A #82D94A

split-complementary

#4AC9D9 #D94A82 #D9A14A

monochromatic

#1D7F8B #28ADBE #4AC9D9 #7DD8E4 #AFE7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#4AC9D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#4AC9D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC9D9

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC9D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC9D9	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac9d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 201, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.112 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9e4',
    500: '#4ac9d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac9d9;
$custom-light: #8ed9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac9d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.713,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77283,
    "c": 0.11152,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.48239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC9D9

secondary

#DCA9A2

accent

#5240E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC9D9

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

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