#4AD5E0#4AD5E0

#4AD5E0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.118 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD5E0
RGB	rgb(74, 213, 224)
HSL	hsl(184, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 4.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, -33.32, -16.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 37.11, 206.14°)
OKLab	oklab(80.37% -0.1085 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(80.37% 0.118 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0670, 54.4216, 78.8993)
Luminance	0.5443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD5E0 #E0554A

analogous

#4AE0A0 #4AD5E0 #4A8AE0

triadic

#4AD5E0 #E04AD5 #D5E04A

tetradic

#4AD5E0 #A04AE0 #E0554A #8AE04A

square

#4AD5E0 #A04AE0 #E0554A #8AE04A

split-complementary

#4AD5E0 #E04A8A #E0A04A

monochromatic

#1A8D96 #23BECA #4AD5E0 #7EE1E9 #B3EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#4AD5E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#4AD5E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD5E0

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD5E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD5E0	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CCE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBCE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad5e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 213, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.118 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe2e9',
    500: '#4ad5e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad5e0;
$custom-light: #8fe2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad5e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.4,
    "s": 70.755,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80372,
    "c": 0.11761,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD5E0

secondary

#9A3C34

accent

#473AEE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD5E0

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

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