#4AD8D9#4AD8D9

#4AD8D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.119 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD8D9
RGB	rgb(74, 216, 217)
HSL	hsl(180, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(180, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 0.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -36.70, -11.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 38.49, 197.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.1144 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.119 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8987, 55.5728, 74.2561)
Luminance	0.5558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD8D9 #D94B4A

analogous

#4AD993 #4AD8D9 #4A90D9

triadic

#4AD8D9 #D94AD8 #D8D94A

tetradic

#4AD8D9 #934AD9 #D94B4A #90D94A

square

#4AD8D9 #934AD9 #D94B4A #90D94A

split-complementary

#4AD8D9 #D94A90 #D9934A

monochromatic

#1D8B8B #28BDBE #4AD8D9 #7DE3E4 #AFEEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#4AD8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#4AD8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD8D9

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD8D9	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 216, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.119 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe4e4',
    500: '#4ad8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad8d9;
$custom-light: #8fe4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.42,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80838,
    "c": 0.11886,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD8D9

secondary

#913736

accent

#4140E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD8D9

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

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