#4CD8E4#4CD8E4

#4CD8E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.119 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CD8E4
RGB	rgb(76, 216, 228)
HSL	hsl(185, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 5.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.75, -33.30, -16.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.75, 37.35, 206.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.1089 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.119 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5339, 56.2450, 82.0512)
Luminance	0.5625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CD8E4 #E4584C

analogous

#4CE4A4 #4CD8E4 #4C8CE4

triadic

#4CD8E4 #E44CD8 #D8E44C

tetradic

#4CD8E4 #A44CE4 #E4584C #8CE44C

square

#4CD8E4 #A44CE4 #E4584C #8CE44C

split-complementary

#4CD8E4 #E44C8C #E4A44C

monochromatic

#18939E #20C5D3 #4CD8E4 #81E4EC #B6EFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#4CD8E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#4CD8E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CD8E4

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CD8E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CD8E4	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)

#C8CFE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BFE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cd8e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 216, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.119 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e4ec',
    500: '#4cd8e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cd8e4;
$custom-light: #91e4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cd8e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.737,
    "s": 73.786,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81273,
    "c": 0.11859,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CD8E4

secondary

#A13C33

accent

#4637F0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CD8E4

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