#4AC9DC#4AC9DC

#4AC9DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.112 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC9DC
RGB	rgb(74, 201, 220)
HSL	hsl(188, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -28.71, -19.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 34.82, 214.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% -0.0982 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.112 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6235, 48.3924, 75.1068)
Luminance	0.4840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC9DC #DC5D4A

analogous

#4ADCA6 #4AC9DC #4A80DC

triadic

#4AC9DC #DC4AC9 #C9DC4A

tetradic

#4AC9DC #A64ADC #DC5D4A #80DC4A

square

#4AC9DC #A64ADC #DC5D4A #80DC4A

split-complementary

#4AC9DC #DC4A80 #DCA64A

monochromatic

#1C8190 #26AFC3 #4AC9DC #7DD8E6 #B1E8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#4AC9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#4AC9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC9DC

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC9DC	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 201, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.112 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9e6',
    500: '#4ac9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac9dc;
$custom-light: #8ed9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.808,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77396,
    "c": 0.11239,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC9DC

secondary

#DEABA4

accent

#543DEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC9DC

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

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