#4AD9DC#4AD9DC

#4AD9DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.119 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD9DC
RGB	rgb(74, 217, 220)
HSL	hsl(181, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 1.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.75, -36.32, -12.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.75, 38.46, 199.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.1141 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.119 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5494, 56.2443, 76.4154)
Luminance	0.5625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD9DC #DC4D4A

analogous

#4ADC96 #4AD9DC #4A90DC

triadic

#4AD9DC #DC4AD9 #D9DC4A

tetradic

#4AD9DC #964ADC #DC4D4A #90DC4A

square

#4AD9DC #964ADC #DC4D4A #90DC4A

split-complementary

#4AD9DC #DC4A90 #DC964A

monochromatic

#1C8D90 #26C0C3 #4AD9DC #7DE4E6 #B1EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#4AD9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#4AD9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD9DC

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD9DC	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 217, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.119 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe5e6',
    500: '#4ad9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad9dc;
$custom-light: #8fe5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.233,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81178,
    "c": 0.1194,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD9DC

secondary

#953735

accent

#413DEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD9DC

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

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