#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
RGBrgb(74, 208, 230)
HSLhsl(188, 76%, 60%)
HSVhsv(188, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(67.8%, 9.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(77.45, -29.16, -21.47)
CIE-LCHlch(77.45, 36.22, 216.37°)
OKLaboklab(79.42% -0.1011 -0.0597)
OKLCHoklch(79.42% 0.117 210.5)
XYZxyz(39.6568, 52.2763, 82.8479)
Luminance0.5228 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##4AD0E61.001.8311.4611.46
#FFFFFF1.831.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4621.001.001.00
##00000011.4621.001.001.00

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

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#4AD0E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva