#4AD0DE#4AD0DE

#4AD0DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.115 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD0DE
RGB	rgb(74, 208, 222)
HSL	hsl(186, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 6.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.18, -31.51, -17.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.18, 36.08, 209.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% -0.1044 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.115 205)
XYZ	xyz(38.5590, 51.8372, 77.0665)
Luminance	0.5184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD0DE #DE584A

analogous

#4ADEA2 #4AD0DE #4A86DE

triadic

#4AD0DE #DE4AD0 #D0DE4A

tetradic

#4AD0DE #A24ADE #DE584A #86DE4A

square

#4AD0DE #A24ADE #DE584A #86DE4A

split-complementary

#4AD0DE #DE4A86 #DEA24A

monochromatic

#1B8793 #24B7C7 #4AD0DE #7EDDE7 #B2EBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#4AD0DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#4AD0DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD0DE

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD0DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD0DE	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad0de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 208, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.115 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdee8',
    500: '#4ad0de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad0de;
$custom-light: #8fdee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad0de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.676,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79121,
    "c": 0.1152,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.51842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD0DE

secondary

#983E35

accent

#4C3CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD0DE

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

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