#4A998E#4A998E

#4A998E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.080 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A998E
RGB	rgb(74, 153, 142)
HSL	hsl(172, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(172, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 7.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, -27.06, -1.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 27.11, 183.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% -0.0797 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.08 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0957, 26.1896, 29.6347)
Luminance	0.2619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A998E #994A55

analogous

#4A9967 #4A998E #4A7D99

triadic

#4A998E #8E4A99 #998E4A

tetradic

#4A998E #674A99 #994A55 #7D994A

square

#4A998E #674A99 #994A55 #7D994A

split-complementary

#4A998E #994A7D #99674A

monochromatic

#224741 #367068 #4A998E #6AB7AC #93CBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#4A998E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#4A998E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A998E

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A998E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A998E	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93918E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86888F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E9C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a998e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 153, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.080 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b7af',
    500: '#4a998e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a998e;
$custom-light: #83b7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a998e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.646,
    "s": 34.802,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62985,
    "c": 0.07987,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A998E

secondary

#B7888F

accent

#5D6CCB

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A998E

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

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