#4AC9DD#4AC9DD

#4AC9DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.113 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC9DD
RGB	rgb(74, 201, 221)
HSL	hsl(188, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -28.41, -20.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 34.85, 215.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.0978 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.113 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7563, 48.4455, 75.8064)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC9DD #DD5E4A

analogous

#4ADDA7 #4AC9DD #4A80DD

triadic

#4AC9DD #DD4AC9 #C9DD4A

tetradic

#4AC9DD #A74ADD #DD5E4A #80DD4A

square

#4AC9DD #A74ADD #DD5E4A #80DD4A

split-complementary

#4AC9DD #DD4A80 #DDA74A

monochromatic

#1B8191 #25AFC5 #4AC9DD #7ED8E7 #B1E8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#4AC9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#4AC9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC9DD

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC9DD	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 201, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.113 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9e7',
    500: '#4ac9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac9dd;
$custom-light: #8ed9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.163,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77434,
    "c": 0.11272,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC9DD

secondary

#DFACA4

accent

#543DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC9DD

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

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