#4AD4E2#4AD4E2

#4AD4E2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.118 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD4E2
RGB	rgb(74, 212, 226)
HSL	hsl(186, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 6.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, -32.26, -17.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 36.83, 208.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% -0.1067 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.118 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0890, 54.0293, 80.2527)
Luminance	0.5403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD4E2 #E2584A

analogous

#4AE2A4 #4AD4E2 #4A88E2

triadic

#4AD4E2 #E24AD4 #D4E24A

tetradic

#4AD4E2 #A44AE2 #E2584A #88E24A

square

#4AD4E2 #A44AE2 #E2584A #88E24A

split-complementary

#4AD4E2 #E24A88 #E2A44A

monochromatic

#198D99 #21BECE #4AD4E2 #7FE1EA #B3EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#4AD4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#4AD4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD4E2

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD4E2	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CCE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBBE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 212, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.118 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe1eb',
    500: '#4ad4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad4e2;
$custom-light: #8fe1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.526,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80209,
    "c": 0.11754,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD4E2

secondary

#9D3D33

accent

#4A39EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD4E2

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

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