#4A98A4#4A98A4

#4A98A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.078 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A98A4
RGB	rgb(74, 152, 164)
HSL	hsl(188, 38%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(188, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 7.3%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.59, -20.45, -13.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.59, 24.57, 213.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.0688 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.078 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.7504, 26.5907, 39.1538)
Luminance	0.2659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A98A4 #A4564A

analogous

#4AA483 #4A98A4 #4A6BA4

triadic

#4A98A4 #A44A98 #98A44A

tetradic

#4A98A4 #834AA4 #A4564A #6BA44A

square

#4A98A4 #834AA4 #A4564A #6BA44A

split-complementary

#4A98A4 #A44A6B #A4834A

monochromatic

#244A50 #37717A #4A98A4 #6EB3BD #98C9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#4A98A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#4A98A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A98A4

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A98A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A98A4	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D93A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F88A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a98a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 152, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.078 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b6bf',
    500: '#4a98a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a98a4;
$custom-light: #84b6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a98a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 37.815,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63515,
    "c": 0.07845,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A98A4

secondary

#BD938D

accent

#695ACE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A98A4

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

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