#4AD8D0#4AD8D0

#4AD8D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.120 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD8D0
RGB	rgb(74, 216, 208)
HSL	hsl(177, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 3.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, -39.17, -7.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 39.82, 190.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.1183 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.12 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7599, 55.1173, 68.2582)
Luminance	0.5512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD8D0 #D84A52

analogous

#4AD889 #4AD8D0 #4A99D8

triadic

#4AD8D0 #D04AD8 #D8D04A

tetradic

#4AD8D0 #894AD8 #D84A52 #99D84A

square

#4AD8D0 #894AD8 #D84A52 #99D84A

split-complementary

#4AD8D0 #D84A99 #D8894A

monochromatic

#1E8A84 #29BCB4 #4AD8D0 #7CE3DD #AFEEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#4AD8D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#4AD8D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD8D0

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD8D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD8D0	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCDD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BDD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad8d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 216, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.120 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee4de',
    500: '#4ad8d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad8d0;
$custom-light: #8ee4de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad8d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.62,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80539,
    "c": 0.11996,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD8D0

secondary

#90363B

accent

#404AE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD8D0

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

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