#4AD9DB#4AD9DB

#4AD9DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.119 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD9DB
RGB	rgb(74, 217, 219)
HSL	hsl(181, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -36.60, -12.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 38.57, 198.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.1145 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.119 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4174, 56.1914, 75.7200)
Luminance	0.5620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD9DB #DB4C4A

analogous

#4ADB95 #4AD9DB #4A90DB

triadic

#4AD9DB #DB4AD9 #D9DB4A

tetradic

#4AD9DB #954ADB #DB4C4A #90DB4A

square

#4AD9DB #954ADB #DB4C4A #90DB4A

split-complementary

#4AD9DB #DB4A90 #DB954A

monochromatic

#1C8D8E #26BFC1 #4AD9DB #7DE4E5 #B0EEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#4AD9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#4AD9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD9DB

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD9DB	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 217, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.119 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe5e6',
    500: '#4ad9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad9db;
$custom-light: #8fe5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.828,
    "s": 66.82,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81143,
    "c": 0.11942,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD9DB

secondary

#943736

accent

#403EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD9DB

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

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