#4AD3E5#4AD3E5

#4AD3E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.118 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD3E5
RGB	rgb(74, 211, 229)
HSL	hsl(187, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 7.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.28, -30.91, -19.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.28, 36.64, 212.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.1045 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.118 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2551, 53.6969, 82.3565)
Luminance	0.5370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD3E5 #E55C4A

analogous

#4AE5AA #4AD3E5 #4A86E5

triadic

#4AD3E5 #E54AD3 #D3E54A

tetradic

#4AD3E5 #AA4AE5 #E55C4A #86E54A

square

#4AD3E5 #AA4AE5 #E55C4A #86E54A

split-complementary

#4AD3E5 #E54A86 #E5AA4A

monochromatic

#178E9E #1EBED3 #4AD3E5 #80E0ED #B5EDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#4AD3E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#4AD3E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD3E5

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD3E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD3E5	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CBE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBBE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad3e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 211, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.118 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e1ed',
    500: '#4ad3e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad3e5;
$custom-light: #90e1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad3e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.968,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80085,
    "c": 0.11791,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD3E5

secondary

#A13F32

accent

#4C36F1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD3E5

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

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