#4AD3DC#4AD3DC

#4AD3DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.116 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD3DC
RGB	rgb(74, 211, 220)
HSL	hsl(184, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(184, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 4.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.00, -33.52, -15.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.00, 36.83, 204.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.1082 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.116 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0309, 53.2073, 75.9093)
Luminance	0.5321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD3DC #DC534A

analogous

#4ADC9C #4AD3DC #4A8ADC

triadic

#4AD3DC #DC4AD3 #D3DC4A

tetradic

#4AD3DC #9C4ADC #DC534A #8ADC4A

square

#4AD3DC #9C4ADC #DC534A #8ADC4A

split-complementary

#4AD3DC #DC4A8A #DC9C4A

monochromatic

#1C8990 #26B9C3 #4AD3DC #7DDFE6 #B1ECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#4AD3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#4AD3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD3DC

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD3DC	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 211, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.116 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe1e6',
    500: '#4ad3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad3dc;
$custom-light: #8fe1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.699,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79757,
    "c": 0.11617,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD3DC

secondary

#953B35

accent

#483DEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD3DC

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

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