#4AD4D8#4AD4D8

#4AD4D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.116 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD4D8
RGB	rgb(74, 212, 216)
HSL	hsl(182, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 1.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -35.12, -12.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 37.41, 200.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.1108 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.116 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7567, 53.4963, 73.2357)
Luminance	0.5350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD4D8 #D84E4A

analogous

#4AD895 #4AD4D8 #4A8DD8

triadic

#4AD4D8 #D84AD4 #D4D84A

tetradic

#4AD4D8 #954AD8 #D84E4A #8DD84A

square

#4AD4D8 #954AD8 #D84E4A #8DD84A

split-complementary

#4AD4D8 #D84A8D #D8954A

monochromatic

#1E878A #29B8BC #4AD4D8 #7CE0E3 #AFECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#4AD4D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#4AD4D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD4D8

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD4D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD4D8	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	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)

#C6CAD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad4d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 212, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.116 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe1e4',
    500: '#4ad4d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad4d8;
$custom-light: #8fe1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad4d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.69,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79854,
    "c": 0.11645,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD4D8

secondary

#903936

accent

#4540E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD4D8

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

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