#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
RGB	rgb(74, 217, 229)
HSL	hsl(185, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 5.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.03, -33.77, -17.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.03, 37.82, 206.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.1104 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.12 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.7736, 56.7339, 82.8627)
Luminance	0.5674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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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
##4AD9E5	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4AD9E5

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

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