#4AD8CC#4AD8CC

#4AD8CC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.121 H 187.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD8CC
RGB	rgb(74, 216, 204)
HSL	hsl(175, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(175, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 5.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.00, -40.24, -5.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.00, 40.58, 187.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.12 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.121 187)
XYZ	xyz(38.2740, 54.9229, 65.6991)
Luminance	0.5493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD8CC #D84A56

analogous

#4AD885 #4AD8CC #4A9DD8

triadic

#4AD8CC #CC4AD8 #D8CC4A

tetradic

#4AD8CC #854AD8 #D84A56 #9DD84A

square

#4AD8CC #854AD8 #D84A56 #9DD84A

split-complementary

#4AD8CC #D84A9D #D8854A

monochromatic

#1E8A81 #29BCB0 #4AD8CC #7CE3DA #AFEEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#4AD8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#4AD8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD8CC

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD8CC	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCDCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BDCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 216, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.121 187.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee4db',
    500: '#4ad8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad8cc;
$custom-light: #8ee4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.93,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80411,
    "c": 0.1209,
    "h": 187
  },
  "luminance": 0.54927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD8CC

secondary

#90363E

accent

#404EE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD8CC

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

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