#4AD5DE#4AD5DE

#4AD5DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.117 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD5DE
RGB	rgb(74, 213, 222)
HSL	hsl(184, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 4.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.64, -33.89, -15.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.64, 37.21, 204.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% -0.1093 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.117 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7973, 54.3138, 77.4793)
Luminance	0.5432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD5DE #DE534A

analogous

#4ADE9D #4AD5DE #4A8BDE

triadic

#4AD5DE #DE4AD5 #D5DE4A

tetradic

#4AD5DE #9D4ADE #DE534A #8BDE4A

square

#4AD5DE #9D4ADE #DE534A #8BDE4A

split-complementary

#4AD5DE #DE4A8B #DE9D4A

monochromatic

#1B8C93 #24BDC7 #4AD5DE #7EE1E7 #B2EDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#4AD5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#4AD5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD5DE

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD5DE	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBCDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 213, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.117 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe2e8',
    500: '#4ad5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad5de;
$custom-light: #8fe2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.649,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80301,
    "c": 0.11735,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD5DE

secondary

#983B35

accent

#473CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD5DE

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

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