#4497A5#4497A5

#4497A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.082 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4497A5
RGB	rgb(68, 151, 165)
HSL	hsl(189, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 8.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.11, -20.86, -14.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.11, 25.66, 215.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% -0.0713 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.082 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2393, 26.0768, 39.5567)
Luminance	0.2608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4497A5 #A55244

analogous

#44A582 #4497A5 #4466A5

triadic

#4497A5 #A54497 #97A544

tetradic

#4497A5 #8244A5 #A55244 #66A544

square

#4497A5 #8244A5 #A55244 #66A544

split-complementary

#4497A5 #A54466 #A58244

monochromatic

#20484E #326F7A #4497A5 #66B3C0 #92C9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#4497A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#4497A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4497A5

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4497A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4497A5	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B92A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C87A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4497a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 151, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.082 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b5bf',
    500: '#4497a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4497a5;
$custom-light: #82b5bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4497a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.66,
    "s": 41.631,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63078,
    "c": 0.08242,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4497A5

secondary

#BD8F87

accent

#6856D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4497A5

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

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