#4AD5D8#4AD5D8

#4AD5D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.117 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD5D8
RGB	rgb(74, 213, 216)
HSL	hsl(181, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 1.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -35.59, -12.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 37.70, 199.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% -0.1118 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.117 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0075, 53.9978, 73.3193)
Luminance	0.5400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD5D8 #D84D4A

analogous

#4AD894 #4AD5D8 #4A8ED8

triadic

#4AD5D8 #D84AD5 #D5D84A

tetradic

#4AD5D8 #944AD8 #D84D4A #8ED84A

square

#4AD5D8 #944AD8 #D84D4A #8ED84A

split-complementary

#4AD5D8 #D84A8E #D8944A

monochromatic

#1E888A #29B9BC #4AD5D8 #7CE1E3 #AFECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#4AD5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#4AD5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD5D8

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD5D8	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)

#C7CBD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BBD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 213, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.117 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe2e4',
    500: '#4ad5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad5d8;
$custom-light: #8fe2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.268,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80091,
    "c": 0.11704,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD5D8

secondary

#903836

accent

#4440E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD5D8

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

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