#4A858D#4A858D

#4A858D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.063 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A858D
RGB	rgb(74, 133, 141)
HSL	hsl(187, 31%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(187, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 5.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.01, -16.97, -10.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.01, 19.84, 211.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% -0.056 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.063 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.0174, 20.1527, 28.2399)
Luminance	0.2015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A858D #8D524A

analogous

#4A8D74 #4A858D #4A648D

triadic

#4A858D #8D4A85 #858D4A

tetradic

#4A858D #744A8D #8D524A #648D4A

square

#4A858D #744A8D #8D524A #648D4A

split-complementary

#4A858D #8D4A64 #8D744A

monochromatic

#20393D #355F65 #4A858D #66A6AF #8EBDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#4A858D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#4A858D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A858D

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A858D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A858D	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C818E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71798D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#278A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a858d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 133, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.063 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a8ae',
    500: '#4a858d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a858d;
$custom-light: #81a8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a858d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.164,
    "s": 31.163,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57978,
    "c": 0.06272,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A858D

secondary

#B08983

accent

#6D60C7

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A858D

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

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