#4AD9E5#4AD9E5

#4AD9E5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.120 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4AD9E5
RGBrgb(74, 217, 229)
HSLhsl(185, 75%, 59%)
HSVhsv(185, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(67.7%, 5.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(80.03, -33.77, -17.03)
CIE-LCHlch(80.03, 37.82, 206.76°)
OKLaboklab(81.49% -0.1104 -0.0472)
OKLCHoklch(81.49% 0.12 203.2)
XYZxyz(41.7736, 56.7339, 82.8627)
Luminance0.5674 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4AD9E5 #E5564A
analogous
#4AE5A4 #4AD9E5 #4A8CE5
triadic
#4AD9E5 #E54AD9 #D9E54A
tetradic
#4AD9E5 #A44AE5 #E5564A #8CE54A
square
#4AD9E5 #A44AE5 #E5564A #8CE54A
split-complementary
#4AD9E5 #E54A8C #E5A44A
monochromatic
#17939E #1EC5D3 #4AD9E5 #80E4ED #B5EFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70
#4AD9E5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35
#4AD9E5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD9E5
12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4AD9E5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4AD9E51.001.7012.3512.35
#FFFFFF1.701.0021.0021.00
#00000012.3521.001.001.00
##00000012.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C8D0E6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2BFE6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E1DC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4ad9e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 217, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.120 203.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e5ed',
    500: '#4ad9e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4ad9e5;
$custom-light: #90e5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4ad9e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.645,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81494,
    "c": 0.12009,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4AD9E5
secondary
#A13B32
accent
#4536F1
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFD
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1616
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

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#4AD9E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva