#4AD8CB#4AD8CB

#4AD8CB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.121 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD8CB
RGB	rgb(74, 216, 203)
HSL	hsl(175, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(175, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -40.51, -4.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 40.78, 186.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.1204 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.121 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1544, 54.8751, 65.0695)
Luminance	0.5488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD8CB #D84A57

analogous

#4AD884 #4AD8CB #4A9ED8

triadic

#4AD8CB #CB4AD8 #D8CB4A

tetradic

#4AD8CB #844AD8 #D84A57 #9ED84A

square

#4AD8CB #844AD8 #D84A57 #9ED84A

split-complementary

#4AD8CB #D84A9E #D8844A

monochromatic

#1E8A80 #29BCAF #4AD8CB #7CE3D9 #AFEEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#4AD8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#4AD8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD8CB

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD8CB	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCCCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BDCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 216, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.121 186.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee4da',
    500: '#4ad8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad8cb;
$custom-light: #8ee4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.507,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8038,
    "c": 0.12119,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD8CB

secondary

#90363F

accent

#4050E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD8CB

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

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