#4A99A5#4A99A5

#4A99A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.079 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A99A5
RGB	rgb(74, 153, 165)
HSL	hsl(188, 38%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(188, 55%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 7.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.93, -20.69, -13.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.93, 24.80, 213.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% -0.0696 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.079 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.0041, 26.9530, 39.6856)
Luminance	0.2696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A99A5 #A5564A

analogous

#4AA584 #4A99A5 #4A6CA5

triadic

#4A99A5 #A54A99 #99A54A

tetradic

#4A99A5 #844AA5 #A5564A #6CA54A

square

#4A99A5 #844AA5 #A5564A #6CA54A

split-complementary

#4A99A5 #A54A6C #A5844A

monochromatic

#244B50 #37727B #4A99A5 #6EB4BE #98CAD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#4A99A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#4A99A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A99A5

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A99A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A99A5	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E94A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F89A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a99a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 153, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.079 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7bf',
    500: '#4a99a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a99a5;
$custom-light: #85b7bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a99a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.912,
    "s": 38.075,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63797,
    "c": 0.07917,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A99A5

secondary

#BD948E

accent

#695ACE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A99A5

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

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