#4AD5EF#4AD5EF

#4AD5EF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.122 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD5EF
RGB	rgb(74, 213, 239)
HSL	hsl(189, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 10.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.20, -28.92, -23.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.20, 37.34, 219.25°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% -0.1025 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.122 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1917, 55.2715, 90.0895)
Luminance	0.5528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD5EF #EF644A

analogous

#4AEFB7 #4AD5EF #4A83EF

triadic

#4AD5EF #EF4AD5 #D5EF4A

tetradic

#4AD5EF #B74AEF #EF644A #83EF4A

square

#4AD5EF #B74AEF #EF644A #83EF4A

split-complementary

#4AD5EF #EF4A83 #EFB74A

monochromatic

#0F96AF #14C6E7 #4AD5EF #82E2F4 #BAEFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#4AD5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#4AD5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD5EF

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD5EF	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CEF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABDEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 213, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.122 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e2f4',
    500: '#4ad5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad5ef;
$custom-light: #91e2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.455,
    "s": 83.756,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80931,
    "c": 0.12178,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD5EF

secondary

#AF422E

accent

#2805E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD5EF

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

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