#4AD8DD#4AD8DD

#4AD8DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.119 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD8DD
RGB	rgb(74, 216, 221)
HSL	hsl(182, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 2.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.49, -35.58, -13.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.49, 38.08, 200.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% -0.1127 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.119 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4253, 55.7834, 77.0294)
Luminance	0.5579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD8DD #DD4F4A

analogous

#4ADD99 #4AD8DD #4A8EDD

triadic

#4AD8DD #DD4AD8 #D8DD4A

tetradic

#4AD8DD #994ADD #DD4F4A #8EDD4A

square

#4AD8DD #994ADD #DD4F4A #8EDD4A

split-complementary

#4AD8DD #DD4A8E #DD994A

monochromatic

#1B8D91 #25BFC5 #4AD8DD #7EE3E7 #B1EEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#4AD8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#4AD8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD8DD

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD8DD	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 216, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.119 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe4e7',
    500: '#4ad8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad8dd;
$custom-light: #8fe4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.041,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80975,
    "c": 0.11884,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD8DD

secondary

#963835

accent

#433DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD8DD

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

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