#4ACED1#4ACED1

#4ACED1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.113 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ACED1
RGB	rgb(74, 206, 209)
HSL	hsl(181, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 1.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, -34.28, -12.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 36.34, 199.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% -0.1078 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.113 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3989, 50.1979, 68.0801)
Luminance	0.5020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ACED1 #D14D4A

analogous

#4AD190 #4ACED1 #4A8BD1

triadic

#4ACED1 #D14ACE #CED14A

tetradic

#4ACED1 #904AD1 #D14D4A #8BD14A

square

#4ACED1 #904AD1 #D14D4A #8BD14A

split-complementary

#4ACED1 #D14A8B #D1904A

monochromatic

#217E80 #2DAEB1 #4ACED1 #7BDBDD #ACE8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#4ACED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#4ACED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ACED1

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ACED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ACED1	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C5D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB5D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aced1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 206, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.113 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddddf',
    500: '#4aced1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aced1;
$custom-light: #8ddddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aced1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.333,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78183,
    "c": 0.11284,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ACED1

secondary

#873A38

accent

#4945E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ACED1

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

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