#4A97A3#4A97A3

#4A97A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.078 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A97A3
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 163)
HSL	hsl(188, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(188, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 7.4%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, -20.22, -13.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 24.34, 213.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% -0.0681 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.078 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4989, 26.2315, 38.6262)
Luminance	0.2623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A97A3 #A3564A

analogous

#4AA383 #4A97A3 #4A6BA3

triadic

#4A97A3 #A34A97 #97A34A

tetradic

#4A97A3 #834AA3 #A3564A #6BA34A

square

#4A97A3 #834AA3 #A3564A #6BA34A

split-complementary

#4A97A3 #A34A6B #A3834A

monochromatic

#24494F #377079 #4A97A3 #6DB2BD #97C8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#4A97A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#4A97A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A97A3

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A97A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A97A3	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C92A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E88A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a97a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.078 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b5be',
    500: '#4a97a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a97a3;
$custom-light: #84b5be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a97a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.09,
    "s": 37.553,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63233,
    "c": 0.07773,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A97A3

secondary

#BC938D

accent

#6A5ACE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A97A3

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

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