#4AD3D8#4AD3D8

#4AD3D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.116 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD3D8
RGB	rgb(74, 211, 216)
HSL	hsl(182, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 2.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, -34.65, -13.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 37.12, 201.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% -0.1098 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.116 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5075, 52.9979, 73.1526)
Luminance	0.5300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD3D8 #D84F4A

analogous

#4AD896 #4AD3D8 #4A8CD8

triadic

#4AD3D8 #D84AD3 #D3D84A

tetradic

#4AD3D8 #964AD8 #D84F4A #8CD84A

square

#4AD3D8 #964AD8 #D84F4A #8CD84A

split-complementary

#4AD3D8 #D84A8C #D8964A

monochromatic

#1E868A #29B7BC #4AD3D8 #7CDFE3 #AFEBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#4AD3D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#4AD3D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD3D8

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD3D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD3D8	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CAD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBAD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad3d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 211, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.116 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee1e4',
    500: '#4ad3d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad3d8;
$custom-light: #8ee1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad3d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.113,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79616,
    "c": 0.11588,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD3D8

secondary

#903936

accent

#4640E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD3D8

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

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