#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
RGB	rgb(74, 216, 226)
HSL	hsl(184, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 4.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.64, -34.16, -16.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.64, 37.72, 205.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% -0.1106 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.119 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.1014, 56.0539, 80.5901)
Luminance	0.5606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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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
##4AD8E2	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4AD8E2

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

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