#4AD8D6#4AD8D6

#4AD8D6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.119 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD8D6
RGB	rgb(74, 216, 214)
HSL	hsl(179, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(179, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 0.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.28, -37.53, -10.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.28, 38.88, 195.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% -0.1157 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.119 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5120, 55.4182, 72.2197)
Luminance	0.5542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD8D6 #D84A4C

analogous

#4AD88F #4AD8D6 #4A93D8

triadic

#4AD8D6 #D64AD8 #D8D64A

tetradic

#4AD8D6 #8F4AD8 #D84A4C #93D84A

square

#4AD8D6 #8F4AD8 #D84A4C #93D84A

split-complementary

#4AD8D6 #D84A93 #D88F4A

monochromatic

#1E8A88 #29BCBA #4AD8D6 #7CE3E1 #AFEEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#4AD8D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#4AD8D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD8D6

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD8D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD8D6	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCED6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad8d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 216, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.119 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe4e2',
    500: '#4ad8d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad8d6;
$custom-light: #8fe4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad8d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.155,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80737,
    "c": 0.11907,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD8D6

secondary

#903638

accent

#4043E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD8D6

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

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