#4AD0E6#4AD0E6

#4AD0E6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.117 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD0E6
RGB	rgb(74, 208, 230)
HSL	hsl(188, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 9.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.45, -29.16, -21.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.45, 36.22, 216.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.1011 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.117 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6568, 52.2763, 82.8479)
Luminance	0.5228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD0E6 #E6604A

analogous

#4AE6AE #4AD0E6 #4A82E6

triadic

#4AD0E6 #E64AD0 #D0E64A

tetradic

#4AD0E6 #AE4AE6 #E6604A #82E64A

square

#4AD0E6 #AE4AE6 #E6604A #82E64A

split-complementary

#4AD0E6 #E64A82 #E6AE4A

monochromatic

#168CA0 #1DBBD5 #4AD0E6 #80DEED #B6ECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#4AD0E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#4AD0E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD0E6

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD0E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD0E6	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC9E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad0e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 208, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.117 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdeee',
    500: '#4ad0e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad0e6;
$custom-light: #8fdeee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad0e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.462,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79419,
    "c": 0.11745,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD0E6

secondary

#A24232

accent

#5035F2

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD0E6

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

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