#4AD8DA#4AD8DA

#4AD8DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.119 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD8DA
RGB	rgb(74, 216, 218)
HSL	hsl(181, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 0.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.40, -36.42, -12.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.40, 38.38, 198.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.87% -0.114 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(80.87% 0.119 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0292, 55.6250, 74.9431)
Luminance	0.5563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD8DA #DA4C4A

analogous

#4ADA94 #4AD8DA #4A90DA

triadic

#4AD8DA #DA4AD8 #D8DA4A

tetradic

#4AD8DA #944ADA #DA4C4A #90DA4A

square

#4AD8DA #944ADA #DA4C4A #90DA4A

split-complementary

#4AD8DA #DA4A90 #DA944A

monochromatic

#1D8B8D #27BEC0 #4AD8DA #7DE3E4 #B0EEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#4AD8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#4AD8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD8DA

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD8DA	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACEDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 216, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.119 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe4e5',
    500: '#4ad8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad8da;
$custom-light: #8fe4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.833,
    "s": 66.055,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80872,
    "c": 0.11883,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD8DA

secondary

#923736

accent

#413FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD8DA

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

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