#4ACED9#4ACED9

#4ACED9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.113 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ACED9
RGB	rgb(74, 206, 217)
HSL	hsl(185, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 5.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.44, -32.00, -16.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.44, 35.78, 206.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.1044 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.113 203)
XYZ	xyz(37.4143, 50.6040, 73.4279)
Luminance	0.5061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ACED9 #D9554A

analogous

#4AD99C #4ACED9 #4A87D9

triadic

#4ACED9 #D94ACE #CED94A

tetradic

#4ACED9 #9C4AD9 #D9554A #87D94A

square

#4ACED9 #9C4AD9 #D9554A #87D94A

split-complementary

#4ACED9 #D94A87 #D99C4A

monochromatic

#1D838B #28B2BE #4ACED9 #7DDCE4 #AFE9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#4ACED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#4ACED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ACED9

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ACED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ACED9	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B6DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aced9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 206, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.113 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edde4',
    500: '#4aced9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aced9;
$custom-light: #8edde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aced9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78466,
    "c": 0.11347,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.50608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ACED9

secondary

#913D36

accent

#4D40E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ACED9

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

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