#4A9CA2#4A9CA2

#4A9CA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.080 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9CA2
RGB	rgb(74, 156, 162)
HSL	hsl(184, 37%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(184, 54%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 3.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, -23.10, -10.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 25.48, 204.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.0743 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.08 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.2314, 27.8394, 38.4301)
Luminance	0.2784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9CA2 #A2504A

analogous

#4AA27C #4A9CA2 #4A70A2

triadic

#4A9CA2 #A24A9C #9CA24A

tetradic

#4A9CA2 #7C4AA2 #A2504A #70A24A

square

#4A9CA2 #7C4AA2 #A2504A #70A24A

split-complementary

#4A9CA2 #A24A70 #A27C4A

monochromatic

#244B4E #377478 #4A9CA2 #6DB7BC #97CCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#4A9CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#4A9CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9CA2

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9CA2	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9296A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848BA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 156, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.080 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9bd',
    500: '#4a9ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9ca2;
$custom-light: #85b9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.091,
    "s": 37.288,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64418,
    "c": 0.07999,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9CA2

secondary

#BC8F8C

accent

#625BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9CA2

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

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