#4AD0CE#4AD0CE

#4AD0CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.114 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD0CE
RGB	rgb(74, 208, 206)
HSL	hsl(179, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(179, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 1%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -36.05, -9.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 37.33, 195.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.1111 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.114 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5155, 51.0198, 66.3039)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD0CE #D04A4C

analogous

#4AD08B #4AD0CE #4A8FD0

triadic

#4AD0CE #CE4AD0 #D0CE4A

tetradic

#4AD0CE #8B4AD0 #D04A4C #8FD04A

square

#4AD0CE #8B4AD0 #D04A4C #8FD04A

split-complementary

#4AD0CE #D04A8F #D08B4A

monochromatic

#217F7D #2EAFAD #4AD0CE #7BDDDB #ABE9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#4AD0CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#4AD0CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD0CE

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD0CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD0CE	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB7CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad0ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 208, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.114 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddfdc',
    500: '#4ad0ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad0ce;
$custom-light: #8ddfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad0ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.104,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78559,
    "c": 0.1143,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD0CE

secondary

#863839

accent

#4648E2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD0CE

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

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