#4AD8E2#4AD8E2

#4AD8E2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.119 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4AD8E2
RGBrgb(74, 216, 226)
HSLhsl(184, 72%, 59%)
HSVhsv(184, 67%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(67.3%, 4.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LABlab(79.64, -34.16, -16.01)
CIE-LCHlch(79.64, 37.72, 205.11°)
OKLaboklab(81.15% -0.1106 -0.0444)
OKLCHoklch(81.15% 0.119 201.9)
XYZxyz(41.1014, 56.0539, 80.5901)
Luminance0.5606 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4AD8E2 #E2544A
analogous
#4AE2A0 #4AD8E2 #4A8CE2
triadic
#4AD8E2 #E24AD8 #D8E24A
tetradic
#4AD8E2 #A04AE2 #E2544A #8CE24A
square
#4AD8E2 #A04AE2 #E2544A #8CE24A
split-complementary
#4AD8E2 #E24A8C #E2A04A
monochromatic
#199199 #21C2CE #4AD8E2 #7FE3EA #B3EFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72
#4AD8E2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21
#4AD8E2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD8E2
12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4AD8E2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4AD8E21.001.7212.2112.21
#FFFFFF1.721.0021.0021.00
#00000012.2121.001.001.00
##00000012.2121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C8CFE3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2BEE3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E0DB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4ad8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 216, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.119 201.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e4eb',
    500: '#4ad8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4ad8e2;
$custom-light: #90e4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4ad8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.947,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81151,
    "c": 0.11923,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4AD8E2
secondary
#9D3A33
accent
#4539EF
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFD
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1516
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

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#4AD8E2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva