#4AD4E1#4AD4E1

#4AD4E1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.117 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD4E1
RGB	rgb(74, 212, 225)
HSL	hsl(185, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 5.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, -32.55, -17.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 36.85, 207.96°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.1071 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.117 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9522, 53.9745, 79.5321)
Luminance	0.5398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD4E1 #E1574A

analogous

#4AE1A3 #4AD4E1 #4A88E1

triadic

#4AD4E1 #E14AD4 #D4E14A

tetradic

#4AD4E1 #A34AE1 #E1574A #88E14A

square

#4AD4E1 #A34AE1 #E1574A #88E14A

split-complementary

#4AD4E1 #E14A88 #E1A34A

monochromatic

#198D97 #22BDCC #4AD4E1 #7EE0EA #B3EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#4AD4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#4AD4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD4E1

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD4E1	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CBE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBBE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 212, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.117 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe1ea',
    500: '#4ad4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad4e1;
$custom-light: #8fe1ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.166,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80173,
    "c": 0.11735,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD4E1

secondary

#9B3D34

accent

#4939EE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD4E1

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

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