#4AD4CE#4AD4CE

#4AD4CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.117 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD4CE
RGB	rgb(74, 212, 206)
HSL	hsl(177, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(177, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 2.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, -37.89, -7.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 38.72, 191.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.1151 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.117 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.5031, 52.9949, 66.6331)
Luminance	0.5300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD4CE #D44A50

analogous

#4AD489 #4AD4CE #4A95D4

triadic

#4AD4CE #CE4AD4 #D4CE4A

tetradic

#4AD4CE #894AD4 #D44A50 #95D44A

square

#4AD4CE #894AD4 #D44A50 #95D44A

split-complementary

#4AD4CE #D44A95 #D4894A

monochromatic

#1F8480 #2BB6B0 #4AD4CE #7BE0DB #ADEBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#4AD4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#4AD4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD4CE

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD4CE	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)

#C8C9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 212, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.117 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee2dc',
    500: '#4ad4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad4ce;
$custom-light: #8ee2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.391,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79517,
    "c": 0.11723,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD4CE

secondary

#8B373B

accent

#434AE5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD4CE

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

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