#4AD5CE#4AD5CE

#4AD5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.118 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD5CE
RGB	rgb(74, 213, 206)
HSL	hsl(177, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(177, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -38.35, -7.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 39.08, 191.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.1161 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.118 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7538, 53.4964, 66.7167)
Luminance	0.5350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD5CE #D54A51

analogous

#4AD589 #4AD5CE #4A97D5

triadic

#4AD5CE #CE4AD5 #D5CE4A

tetradic

#4AD5CE #894AD5 #D54A51 #97D54A

square

#4AD5CE #894AD5 #D54A51 #97D54A

split-complementary

#4AD5CE #D54A97 #D5894A

monochromatic

#1F8680 #2BB7B0 #4AD5CE #7CE1DB #ADECE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#4AD5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#4AD5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD5CE

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD5CE	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)

#C9CACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BBCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 213, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.118 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee2dc',
    500: '#4ad5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad5ce;
$custom-light: #8ee2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.978,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79756,
    "c": 0.11799,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD5CE

secondary

#8C373B

accent

#424BE5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD5CE

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

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