#4AD3E6#4AD3E6

#4AD3E6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.118 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD3E6
RGB	rgb(74, 211, 230)
HSL	hsl(187, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 8.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -30.62, -20.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 36.65, 213.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% -0.1041 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.118 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.3951, 53.7530, 83.0940)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD3E6 #E65D4A

analogous

#4AE6AB #4AD3E6 #4A85E6

triadic

#4AD3E6 #E64AD3 #D3E64A

tetradic

#4AD3E6 #AB4AE6 #E65D4A #85E64A

square

#4AD3E6 #AB4AE6 #E65D4A #85E64A

split-complementary

#4AD3E6 #E64A85 #E6AB4A

monochromatic

#168FA0 #1DBFD5 #4AD3E6 #80E0ED #B6EDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#4AD3E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#4AD3E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD3E6

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD3E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD3E6	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CBE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBBE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad3e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 211, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.118 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e1ee',
    500: '#4ad3e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad3e6;
$custom-light: #90e1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad3e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.308,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80122,
    "c": 0.1182,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD3E6

secondary

#A24032

accent

#4C35F2

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD3E6

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

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