#4AD4DC#4AD4DC

#4AD4DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.117 H 200.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD4DC
RGB	rgb(74, 212, 220)
HSL	hsl(183, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(183, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 3.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -33.99, -14.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 37.09, 203.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.1092 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.117 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2801, 53.7057, 75.9923)
Luminance	0.5371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD4DC #DC524A

analogous

#4ADC9B #4AD4DC #4A8BDC

triadic

#4AD4DC #DC4AD4 #D4DC4A

tetradic

#4AD4DC #9B4ADC #DC524A #8BDC4A

square

#4AD4DC #9B4ADC #DC524A #8BDC4A

split-complementary

#4AD4DC #DC4A8B #DC9B4A

monochromatic

#1C8990 #26BAC3 #4AD4DC #7DE0E6 #B1ECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#4AD4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#4AD4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD4DC

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD4DC	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)

#C5CBDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 212, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.117 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe1e6',
    500: '#4ad4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad4dc;
$custom-light: #8fe1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.288,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79994,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD4DC

secondary

#953B35

accent

#473DEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD4DC

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

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