#4AD8DC#4AD8DC

#4AD8DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.119 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD8DC
RGB	rgb(74, 216, 220)
HSL	hsl(182, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 1.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -35.86, -13.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 38.17, 200.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% -0.1131 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.119 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2924, 55.7303, 76.3298)
Luminance	0.5574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD8DC #DC4E4A

analogous

#4ADC97 #4AD8DC #4A8FDC

triadic

#4AD8DC #DC4AD8 #D8DC4A

tetradic

#4AD8DC #974ADC #DC4E4A #8FDC4A

square

#4AD8DC #974ADC #DC4E4A #8FDC4A

split-complementary

#4AD8DC #DC4A8F #DC974A

monochromatic

#1C8D90 #26BFC3 #4AD8DC #7DE3E6 #B1EEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#4AD8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#4AD8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD8DC

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD8DC	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 216, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.119 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe4e6',
    500: '#4ad8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad8dc;
$custom-light: #8fe4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.644,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80941,
    "c": 0.11882,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD8DC

secondary

#953835

accent

#423DEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD8DC

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

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