#4AD0CA#4AD0CA

#4AD0CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.115 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD0CA
RGB	rgb(74, 208, 202)
HSL	hsl(177, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(177, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 2.9%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, -37.15, -7.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 37.94, 191.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% -0.1128 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.115 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0358, 50.8279, 63.7773)
Luminance	0.5083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD0CA #D04A50

analogous

#4AD087 #4AD0CA #4A93D0

triadic

#4AD0CA #CA4AD0 #D0CA4A

tetradic

#4AD0CA #874AD0 #D04A50 #93D04A

square

#4AD0CA #874AD0 #D04A50 #93D04A

split-complementary

#4AD0CA #D04A93 #D0874A

monochromatic

#217F7A #2EAFA9 #4AD0CA #7BDDD8 #ABE9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#4AD0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#4AD0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD0CA

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD0CA	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 208, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.115 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddfda',
    500: '#4ad0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad0ca;
$custom-light: #8ddfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.313,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78426,
    "c": 0.11483,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD0CA

secondary

#86383B

accent

#464DE2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD0CA

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

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