#4AD8CE#4AD8CE

#4AD8CE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.120 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD8CE
RGB	rgb(74, 216, 206)
HSL	hsl(176, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(176, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 4.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.05, -39.71, -6.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.05, 40.19, 188.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.1191 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.12 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5154, 55.0195, 66.9705)
Luminance	0.5502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD8CE #D84A54

analogous

#4AD887 #4AD8CE #4A9BD8

triadic

#4AD8CE #CE4AD8 #D8CE4A

tetradic

#4AD8CE #874AD8 #D84A54 #9BD84A

square

#4AD8CE #874AD8 #D84A54 #9BD84A

split-complementary

#4AD8CE #D84A9B #D8874A

monochromatic

#1E8A82 #29BCB2 #4AD8CE #7CE3DC #AFEEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#4AD8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#4AD8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD8CE

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD8CE	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BDCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 216, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.120 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee4dc',
    500: '#4ad8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad8ce;
$custom-light: #8ee4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.775,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80475,
    "c": 0.1204,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD8CE

secondary

#90363D

accent

#404CE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD8CE

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

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