#4AD3E1#4AD3E1

#4AD3E1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.117 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD3E1
RGB	rgb(74, 211, 225)
HSL	hsl(186, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 6.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -32.08, -17.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 36.65, 208.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.1061 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.117 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7030, 53.4761, 79.4490)
Luminance	0.5348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD3E1 #E1584A

analogous

#4AE1A3 #4AD3E1 #4A87E1

triadic

#4AD3E1 #E14AD3 #D3E14A

tetradic

#4AD3E1 #A34AE1 #E1584A #87E14A

square

#4AD3E1 #A34AE1 #E1584A #87E14A

split-complementary

#4AD3E1 #E14A87 #E1A34A

monochromatic

#198C97 #22BCCC #4AD3E1 #7EE0EA #B3EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#4AD3E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#4AD3E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD3E1

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD3E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD3E1	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CBE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBAE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad3e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 211, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.117 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe1ea',
    500: '#4ad3e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad3e1;
$custom-light: #8fe1ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad3e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.563,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79937,
    "c": 0.11696,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD3E1

secondary

#9B3D34

accent

#4A39EE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD3E1

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

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