#4AC9DF#4AC9DF

#4AC9DF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.113 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC9DF
RGB	rgb(74, 201, 223)
HSL	hsl(189, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 9.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -27.82, -21.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 34.95, 217.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.097 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.113 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0243, 48.5527, 77.2181)
Luminance	0.4856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC9DF #DF604A

analogous

#4ADFAA #4AC9DF #4A7EDF

triadic

#4AC9DF #DF4AC9 #C9DF4A

tetradic

#4AC9DF #AA4ADF #DF604A #7EDF4A

square

#4AC9DF #AA4ADF #DF604A #7EDF4A

split-complementary

#4AC9DF #DF4A7E #DFAA4A

monochromatic

#1A8294 #23B0C8 #4AC9DF #7ED9E8 #B2E8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#4AC9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#4AC9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC9DF

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC9DF	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 201, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.113 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9e9',
    500: '#4ac9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac9df;
$custom-light: #8ed9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.859,
    "s": 69.953,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7751,
    "c": 0.11343,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC9DF

secondary

#E0ADA5

accent

#553BED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC9DF

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

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