#4ADAE6#4ADAE6

#4ADAE6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.121 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ADAE6
RGB	rgb(74, 218, 230)
HSL	hsl(185, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 5.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.35, -33.95, -17.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.35, 38.01, 206.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.111 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.121 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1721, 57.3070, 83.6863)
Luminance	0.5731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ADAE6 #E6564A

analogous

#4AE6A4 #4ADAE6 #4A8CE6

triadic

#4ADAE6 #E64ADA #DAE64A

tetradic

#4ADAE6 #A44AE6 #E6564A #8CE64A

square

#4ADAE6 #A44AE6 #E6564A #8CE64A

split-complementary

#4ADAE6 #E64A8C #E6A44A

monochromatic

#1695A0 #1DC7D5 #4ADAE6 #80E5ED #B6F0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#4ADAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#4ADAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ADAE6

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ADAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ADAE6	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D1E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4adae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 218, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.121 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e6ed',
    500: '#4adae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4adae6;
$custom-light: #90e6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4adae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81765,
    "c": 0.12067,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ADAE6

secondary

#A23B32

accent

#4435F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ADAE6

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

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