#4497A3#4497A3

#4497A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.082 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4497A3
RGB	rgb(68, 151, 163)
HSL	hsl(188, 41%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(188, 58%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 7.4%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, -21.46, -13.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 25.57, 212.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63% -0.0721 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.082 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.0587, 26.0045, 38.6055)
Luminance	0.2601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4497A3 #A35044

analogous

#44A37F #4497A3 #4467A3

triadic

#4497A3 #A34497 #97A344

tetradic

#4497A3 #7F44A3 #A35044 #67A344

square

#4497A3 #7F44A3 #A35044 #67A344

split-complementary

#4497A3 #A34467 #A37F44

monochromatic

#20474D #326F78 #4497A3 #65B4BF #90C9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#4497A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#4497A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4497A3

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4497A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4497A3	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B92A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D87A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4497a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 151, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.082 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b5be',
    500: '#4497a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4497a3;
$custom-light: #81b5be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4497a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.579,
    "s": 41.126,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63001,
    "c": 0.08175,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4497A3

secondary

#BC8D86

accent

#6657D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4497A3

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

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