#4ACED8#4ACED8

#4ACED8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.113 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ACED8
RGB	rgb(74, 206, 216)
HSL	hsl(184, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 4.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, -32.29, -15.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 35.83, 205.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% -0.1048 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.113 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2846, 50.5522, 72.7450)
Luminance	0.5056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ACED8 #D8544A

analogous

#4AD89B #4ACED8 #4A87D8

triadic

#4ACED8 #D84ACE #CED84A

tetradic

#4ACED8 #9B4AD8 #D8544A #87D84A

square

#4ACED8 #9B4AD8 #D8544A #87D84A

split-complementary

#4ACED8 #D84A87 #D89B4A

monochromatic

#1E828A #29B2BC #4ACED8 #7CDCE3 #AFE9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#4ACED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#4ACED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ACED8

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ACED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ACED8	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC5D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aced8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 206, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.113 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edde4',
    500: '#4aced8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aced8;
$custom-light: #8edde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aced8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.225,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7843,
    "c": 0.11332,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ACED8

secondary

#903D36

accent

#4C40E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ACED8

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

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