#4A9897#4A9897

#4A9897 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.077 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9897
RGB	rgb(74, 152, 151)
HSL	hsl(179, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(179, 51%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 0%, 0.7%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.17, -24.14, -6.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.17, 25.09, 195.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.0745 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.077 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.6359, 26.1449, 33.2838)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9897 #984A4B

analogous

#4A9870 #4A9897 #4A7298

triadic

#4A9897 #974A98 #98974A

tetradic

#4A9897 #704A98 #984A4B #72984A

square

#4A9897 #704A98 #984A4B #72984A

split-complementary

#4A9897 #984A72 #98704A

monochromatic

#224645 #366F6E #4A9897 #69B6B5 #92CAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#4A9897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#4A9897 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9897

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9897	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#139C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 152, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.077 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b6b5',
    500: '#4a9897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9897;
$custom-light: #83b6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.231,
    "s": 34.513,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63039,
    "c": 0.07684,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9897

secondary

#B68888

accent

#5D5FCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9897

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

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