#4AD8EB#4AD8EB

#4AD8EB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.121 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD8EB
RGB	rgb(74, 216, 235)
HSL	hsl(187, 80%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(187, 69%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.93, -31.55, -20.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.93, 37.56, 212.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% -0.107 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.121 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3689, 56.5609, 87.2655)
Luminance	0.5657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD8EB #EB5D4A

analogous

#4AEBAE #4AD8EB #4A87EB

triadic

#4AD8EB #EB4AD8 #D8EB4A

tetradic

#4AD8EB #AE4AEB #EB5D4A #87EB4A

square

#4AD8EB #AE4AEB #EB5D4A #87EB4A

split-complementary

#4AD8EB #EB4A87 #EBAE4A

monochromatic

#1396A8 #19C8DF #4AD8EB #81E4F1 #B8F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#4AD8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#4AD8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD8EB

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD8EB	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 216, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.121 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e4f1',
    500: '#4ad8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad8eb;
$custom-light: #91e4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.081,
    "s": 80.1,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81479,
    "c": 0.12105,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD8EB

secondary

#A93E30

accent

#2209DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD8EB

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

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