#4AD4DD#4AD4DD

#4AD4DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.117 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD4DD
RGB	rgb(74, 212, 221)
HSL	hsl(184, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 4.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -33.70, -15.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 37.02, 204.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.1088 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.117 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4130, 53.7588, 76.6919)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD4DD #DD534A

analogous

#4ADD9C #4AD4DD #4A8BDD

triadic

#4AD4DD #DD4AD4 #D4DD4A

tetradic

#4AD4DD #9C4ADD #DD534A #8BDD4A

square

#4AD4DD #9C4ADD #DD534A #8BDD4A

split-complementary

#4AD4DD #DD4A8B #DD9C4A

monochromatic

#1B8A91 #25BBC5 #4AD4DD #7EE0E7 #B1ECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#4AD4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#4AD4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD4DD

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD4DD	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)

#C5CBDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 212, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.117 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe1e7',
    500: '#4ad4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad4dd;
$custom-light: #8fe1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.673,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80029,
    "c": 0.11677,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD4DD

secondary

#963B35

accent

#473DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD4DD

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

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