#4499A8#4499A8

#4499A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.084 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4499A8
RGB	rgb(68, 153, 168)
HSL	hsl(189, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(189, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 8.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.82, -21.01, -15.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.82, 26.14, 216.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% -0.0723 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.084 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.8401, 26.8365, 41.1199)
Luminance	0.2684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4499A8 #A85344

analogous

#44A885 #4499A8 #4467A8

triadic

#4499A8 #A84499 #99A844

tetradic

#4499A8 #8544A8 #A85344 #67A844

square

#4499A8 #8544A8 #A85344 #67A844

split-complementary

#4499A8 #A84467 #A88544

monochromatic

#214A51 #32717C #4499A8 #68B4C2 #93CAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#4499A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#4499A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4499A8

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4499A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4499A8	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C94A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D89A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4499a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 153, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.084 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b7c1',
    500: '#4499a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4499a8;
$custom-light: #82b7c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4499a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63685,
    "c": 0.08416,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4499A8

secondary

#BF9189

accent

#6856D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4499A8

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

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