#4ADCD2 is a soft, cool cyan. It is too pale to lead as a primary accent and sits well as a supporting tone.
Not just a swatch — here's how #4ADCD2 works with other colors. Named schemes with #4ADCD2 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Turquoise opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Turquoise keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Turquoise is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Turquoise carrying the quiet middle.
Turquoise is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Turquoise.
Turquoise anchors this café scheme as the warm mid-tone, lifted by latte cream and a muted sage accent and grounded by espresso brown and a warm charcoal.
How #4ADCD2 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #4ADCD2 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4ADCD2;
--color-base-rgb: 74 220 210;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(81.6% 0.123 188.5);
--color-50: #F2FDFC;
--color-100: #DCF9F7;
--color-200: #BBF2EE;
--color-300: #8CE3DE;
--color-400: #61D1CA;
--color-500: #3FB6AE;
--color-600: #378B86;
--color-700: #2C635F;
--color-800: #20413F;
--color-900: #152827;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
turquoise: {
50: '#F2FDFC',
100: '#DCF9F7',
200: '#BBF2EE',
300: '#8CE3DE',
400: '#61D1CA',
500: '#3FB6AE',
600: '#378B86',
700: '#2C635F',
800: '#20413F',
900: '#152827',
},
}
$base: #4ADCD2; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F2FDFC; $base-100: #DCF9F7; $base-200: #BBF2EE; $base-300: #8CE3DE; $base-400: #61D1CA; $base-500: #3FB6AE; $base-600: #378B86; $base-700: #2C635F; $base-800: #20413F; $base-900: #152827; $base-hover: #26C7BC; $base-subtle: #CEEFED;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4ADCD2",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F2FDFC",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DCF9F7",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#BBF2EE",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#8CE3DE",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#61D1CA",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#3FB6AE",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#378B86",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#2C635F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#20413F",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#152827",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}