#4AD9EB#4AD9EB

#4AD9EB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.121 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4AD9EB
RGBrgb(74, 217, 235)
HSLhsl(187, 80%, 61%)
HSVhsv(187, 69%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(68.5%, 7.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LABlab(80.22, -32.03, -19.94)
CIE-LCHlch(80.22, 37.73, 211.90°)
OKLaboklab(81.71% -0.108 -0.0554)
OKLCHoklch(81.71% 0.121 207.2)
XYZxyz(42.6258, 57.0748, 87.3512)
Luminance0.5708 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4AD9EB #EB5C4A
analogous
#4AEBAC #4AD9EB #4A88EB
triadic
#4AD9EB #EB4AD9 #D9EB4A
tetradic
#4AD9EB #AC4AEB #EB5C4A #88EB4A
square
#4AD9EB #AC4AEB #EB5C4A #88EB4A
split-complementary
#4AD9EB #EB4A88 #EBAC4A
monochromatic
#1397A8 #19C9DF #4AD9EB #81E5F1 #B8F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69
#4AD9EB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42
#4AD9EB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD9EB
12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4AD9EB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4AD9EB1.001.6912.4212.42
#FFFFFF1.691.0021.0021.00
#00000012.4221.001.001.00
##00000012.4221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C7D1EC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B0C0EB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E2DE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4ad9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 217, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.121 207.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e5f1',
    500: '#4ad9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4ad9eb;
$custom-light: #91e5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4ad9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.708,
    "s": 80.1,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81712,
    "c": 0.12134,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4AD9EB
secondary
#A93D30
accent
#2109DC
background
#FCFEFF
surface
#F5FCFE
border
#CFD5D6
text
#0E1516
muted
#7F8485

Preview Lab

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#4AD9EB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva