#4AD8EF#4AD8EF

#4AD8EF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.122 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD8EF
RGB	rgb(74, 216, 239)
HSL	hsl(188, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 9.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.06, -30.37, -22.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.06, 37.68, 216.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% -0.1054 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.122 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.9532, 56.7946, 90.3433)
Luminance	0.5680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD8EF #EF614A

analogous

#4AEFB4 #4AD8EF #4A86EF

triadic

#4AD8EF #EF4AD8 #D8EF4A

tetradic

#4AD8EF #B44AEF #EF614A #86EF4A

square

#4AD8EF #B44AEF #EF614A #86EF4A

split-complementary

#4AD8EF #EF4A86 #EFB44A

monochromatic

#0F99AF #14CAE7 #4AD8EF #82E4F4 #BAF0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#4AD8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#4AD8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD8EF

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD8EF	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBFEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 216, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.122 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e4f4',
    500: '#4ad8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad8ef;
$custom-light: #91e4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.364,
    "s": 83.756,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81629,
    "c": 0.12231,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD8EF

secondary

#AF402E

accent

#2405E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD8EF

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

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