#4AD8DE#4AD8DE

#4AD8DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.119 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD8DE
RGB	rgb(74, 216, 222)
HSL	hsl(182, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 2.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -35.30, -14.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 37.99, 201.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.1123 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.119 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5589, 55.8369, 77.7331)
Luminance	0.5584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD8DE #DE504A

analogous

#4ADE9A #4AD8DE #4A8EDE

triadic

#4AD8DE #DE4AD8 #D8DE4A

tetradic

#4AD8DE #9A4ADE #DE504A #8EDE4A

square

#4AD8DE #9A4ADE #DE504A #8EDE4A

split-complementary

#4AD8DE #DE4A8E #DE9A4A

monochromatic

#1B8E93 #24C0C7 #4AD8DE #7EE3E7 #B2EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#4AD8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#4AD8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD8DE

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD8DE	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 216, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.119 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e4e8',
    500: '#4ad8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad8de;
$custom-light: #90e4e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.432,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8101,
    "c": 0.11888,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD8DE

secondary

#983935

accent

#433CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD8DE

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

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