#4AD9CE#4AD9CE

#4AD9CE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.121 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD9CE
RGB	rgb(74, 217, 206)
HSL	hsl(175, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(175, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 0%, 5.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.35, -40.16, -5.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.35, 40.57, 188.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% -0.1201 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.121 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7723, 55.5334, 67.0562)
Luminance	0.5554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD9CE #D94A55

analogous

#4AD987 #4AD9CE #4A9CD9

triadic

#4AD9CE #CE4AD9 #D9CE4A

tetradic

#4AD9CE #874AD9 #D94A55 #9CD94A

square

#4AD9CE #874AD9 #D94A55 #9CD94A

split-complementary

#4AD9CE #D94A9C #D9874A

monochromatic

#1D8B83 #28BEB2 #4AD9CE #7DE4DC #AFEEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#4AD9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#4AD9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD9CE

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD9CE	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 217, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.121 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee5dc',
    500: '#4ad9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad9ce;
$custom-light: #8ee5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.385,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80715,
    "c": 0.12122,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD9CE

secondary

#91363D

accent

#404DE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD9CE

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

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