#4AD8CA#4AD8CA

#4AD8CA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.121 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD8CA
RGB	rgb(74, 216, 202)
HSL	hsl(174, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(174, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 6.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.94, -40.77, -4.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.94, 40.99, 185.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% -0.1209 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.121 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0356, 54.8276, 64.4439)
Luminance	0.5483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD8CA #D84A58

analogous

#4AD883 #4AD8CA #4A9FD8

triadic

#4AD8CA #CA4AD8 #D8CA4A

tetradic

#4AD8CA #834AD8 #D84A58 #9FD84A

square

#4AD8CA #834AD8 #D84A58 #9FD84A

split-complementary

#4AD8CA #D84A9F #D8834A

monochromatic

#1E8A7F #29BCAE #4AD8CA #7CE3D9 #AFEEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#4AD8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#4AD8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD8CA

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD8CA	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)

#CDCCCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BDCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 216, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.121 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee4da',
    500: '#4ad8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad8ca;
$custom-light: #8ee4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.085,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80348,
    "c": 0.12148,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD8CA

secondary

#90363F

accent

#4051E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD8CA

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

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