#4AD3CE#4AD3CE

#4AD3CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.116 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD3CE
RGB	rgb(74, 211, 206)
HSL	hsl(178, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(178, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 2.4%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, -37.43, -8.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 38.36, 192.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% -0.1141 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.116 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2539, 52.4965, 66.5500)
Luminance	0.5250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD3CE #D34A4F

analogous

#4AD389 #4AD3CE #4A93D3

triadic

#4AD3CE #CE4AD3 #D3CE4A

tetradic

#4AD3CE #894AD3 #D34A4F #93D34A

square

#4AD3CE #894AD3 #D34A4F #93D34A

split-complementary

#4AD3CE #D34A93 #D3894A

monochromatic

#20837F #2CB4AF #4AD3CE #7BDFDB #ACEBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#4AD3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#4AD3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD3CE

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD3CE	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B9CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 211, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.116 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee1dc',
    500: '#4ad3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad3ce;
$custom-light: #8ee1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.81,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79277,
    "c": 0.11647,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD3CE

secondary

#8A373A

accent

#444AE4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD3CE

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

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