#4A97A6#4A97A6

#4A97A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.079 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A97A6
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 166)
HSL	hsl(190, 38%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(190, 55%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.36, -19.34, -15.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.36, 24.54, 217.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0669 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.079 212)
XYZ	xyz(20.7708, 26.3403, 40.0586)
Luminance	0.2634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A97A6 #A6594A

analogous

#4AA687 #4A97A6 #4A69A6

triadic

#4A97A6 #A64A97 #97A64A

tetradic

#4A97A6 #874AA6 #A6594A #69A64A

square

#4A97A6 #874AA6 #A6594A #69A64A

split-complementary

#4A97A6 #A64A69 #A6874A

monochromatic

#244A51 #37707C #4A97A6 #6FB2BF #99C8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#4A97A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#4A97A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A97A6

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A97A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A97A6	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B92A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D88A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a97a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.079 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b5c0',
    500: '#4a97a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a97a6;
$custom-light: #85b5c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a97a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.783,
    "s": 38.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63349,
    "c": 0.07884,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.26342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A97A6

secondary

#BE968E

accent

#6D5ACE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A97A6

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

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