#4AD5E8#4AD5E8

#4AD5E8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.119 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD5E8
RGB	rgb(74, 213, 232)
HSL	hsl(187, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 8.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, -30.99, -20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 37.02, 213.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.1053 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.119 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.1775, 54.8658, 84.7483)
Luminance	0.5487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD5E8 #E85D4A

analogous

#4AE8AC #4AD5E8 #4A86E8

triadic

#4AD5E8 #E84AD5 #D5E84A

tetradic

#4AD5E8 #AC4AE8 #E85D4A #86E84A

square

#4AD5E8 #AC4AE8 #E85D4A #86E84A

split-complementary

#4AD5E8 #E84A86 #E8AC4A

monochromatic

#1592A3 #1CC2D9 #4AD5E8 #80E2EF #B7EEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#4AD5E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#4AD5E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD5E8

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD5E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD5E8	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CDE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBCE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad5e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 213, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.119 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e2ef',
    500: '#4ad5e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad5e8;
$custom-light: #90e2ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad5e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.215,
    "s": 77.451,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80665,
    "c": 0.11935,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD5E8

secondary

#A53F31

accent

#4B34F4

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD5E8

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

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