#4AD0E8#4AD0E8

#4AD0E8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.118 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD0E8
RGB	rgb(74, 208, 232)
HSL	hsl(189, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 10.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.51, -28.57, -22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.51, 36.33, 218.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.1004 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.118 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9392, 52.3893, 84.3355)
Luminance	0.5239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD0E8 #E8624A

analogous

#4AE8B1 #4AD0E8 #4A81E8

triadic

#4AD0E8 #E84AD0 #D0E84A

tetradic

#4AD0E8 #B14AE8 #E8624A #81E84A

square

#4AD0E8 #B14AE8 #E8624A #81E84A

split-complementary

#4AD0E8 #E84A81 #E8B14A

monochromatic

#158DA3 #1CBCD9 #4AD0E8 #80DEEF #B7ECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#4AD0E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#4AD0E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD0E8

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD0E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD0E8	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B8E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad0e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 208, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.118 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90deef',
    500: '#4ad0e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad0e8;
$custom-light: #90deef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad0e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.114,
    "s": 77.451,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79496,
    "c": 0.11819,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD0E8

secondary

#A54331

accent

#5134F4

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD0E8

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

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