#4A989E#4A989E

#4A989E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.077 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A989E
RGB	rgb(74, 152, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(184, 53%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 3.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.40, -22.18, -10.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.40, 24.54, 205.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% -0.0714 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.077 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2213, 26.3791, 36.3672)
Luminance	0.2638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A989E #9E504A

analogous

#4A9E7A #4A989E #4A6E9E

triadic

#4A989E #9E4A98 #989E4A

tetradic

#4A989E #7A4A9E #9E504A #6E9E4A

square

#4A989E #7A4A9E #9E504A #6E9E4A

split-complementary

#4A989E #9E4A6E #9E7A4A

monochromatic

#23484B #367074 #4A989E #6BB4BA #95C9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#4A989E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#4A989E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A989E

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A989E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A989E	1.00	3.35	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E929F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80889E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#029D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a989e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 152, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.077 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b6ba',
    500: '#4a989e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a989e;
$custom-light: #84b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a989e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.286,
    "s": 36.207,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6329,
    "c": 0.07705,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A989E

secondary

#B98E8A

accent

#645CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A989E

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

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