#4AD1CE#4AD1CE

#4AD1CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.115 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD1CE
RGB	rgb(74, 209, 206)
HSL	hsl(179, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(179, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 0%, 1.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, -36.51, -9.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 37.67, 194.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% -0.1121 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.115 193)
XYZ	xyz(36.7601, 51.5089, 66.3854)
Luminance	0.5151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD1CE #D14A4D

analogous

#4AD18B #4AD1CE #4A90D1

triadic

#4AD1CE #CE4AD1 #D1CE4A

tetradic

#4AD1CE #8B4AD1 #D14A4D #90D14A

square

#4AD1CE #8B4AD1 #D14A4D #90D14A

split-complementary

#4AD1CE #D14A90 #D18B4A

monochromatic

#21807E #2DB1AE #4AD1CE #7BDDDB #ACEAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#4AD1CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#4AD1CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD1CE

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD1CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD1CE	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B8CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 209, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.115 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddfdc',
    500: '#4ad1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad1ce;
$custom-light: #8ddfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.667,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78798,
    "c": 0.11501,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.51513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD1CE

secondary

#87383A

accent

#4549E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD1CE

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

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