#4AD8D4#4AD8D4

#4AD8D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.119 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD8D4
RGB	rgb(74, 216, 212)
HSL	hsl(178, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(178, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 1.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.22, -38.08, -9.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.22, 39.17, 193.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% -0.1165 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.119 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2582, 55.3166, 70.8828)
Luminance	0.5532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD8D4 #D84A4E

analogous

#4AD88D #4AD8D4 #4A95D8

triadic

#4AD8D4 #D44AD8 #D8D44A

tetradic

#4AD8D4 #8D4AD8 #D84A4E #95D84A

square

#4AD8D4 #8D4AD8 #D84A4E #95D84A

split-complementary

#4AD8D4 #D84A95 #D88D4A

monochromatic

#1E8A87 #29BCB8 #4AD8D4 #7CE3E0 #AFEEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#4AD8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#4AD8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD8D4

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD8D4	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCDD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 216, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.119 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe4e1',
    500: '#4ad8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad8d4;
$custom-light: #8fe4e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.31,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8067,
    "c": 0.11929,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD8D4

secondary

#903639

accent

#4045E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD8D4

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

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