#4AC9DA#4AC9DA

#4AC9DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.112 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC9DA
RGB	rgb(74, 201, 218)
HSL	hsl(187, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -29.30, -18.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 34.77, 212.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.099 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.112 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3602, 48.2870, 73.7201)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC9DA #DA5B4A

analogous

#4ADAA3 #4AC9DA #4A81DA

triadic

#4AC9DA #DA4AC9 #C9DA4A

tetradic

#4AC9DA #A34ADA #DA5B4A #81DA4A

square

#4AC9DA #A34ADA #DA5B4A #81DA4A

split-complementary

#4AC9DA #DA4A81 #DAA34A

monochromatic

#1D808D #27AEC0 #4AC9DA #7DD8E4 #B0E7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#4AC9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#4AC9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC9DA

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC9DA	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 201, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.112 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9e5',
    500: '#4ac9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac9da;
$custom-light: #8ed9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.083,
    "s": 66.055,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7732,
    "c": 0.11179,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC9DA

secondary

#DDAAA3

accent

#533FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC9DA

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

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