#4A9DAD#4A9DAD

#4A9DAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.083 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9DAD
RGB	rgb(74, 157, 173)
HSL	hsl(190, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 9.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, -20.43, -15.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 25.93, 218.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% -0.0708 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.083 212)
XYZ	xyz(22.4208, 28.5848, 43.8629)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9DAD #AD5A4A

analogous

#4AAD8B #4A9DAD #4A6BAD

triadic

#4A9DAD #AD4A9D #9DAD4A

tetradic

#4A9DAD #8B4AAD #AD5A4A #6BAD4A

square

#4A9DAD #8B4AAD #AD5A4A #6BAD4A

split-complementary

#4A9DAD #AD4A6B #AD8B4A

monochromatic

#254F57 #387682 #4A9DAD #72B5C3 #9DCCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#4A9DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#4A9DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9DAD

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9DAD	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9098AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 157, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.083 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bac5',
    500: '#4a9dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9dad;
$custom-light: #86bac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.697,
    "s": 40.081,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65078,
    "c": 0.08344,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.28587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9DAD

secondary

#C19991

accent

#6B58D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9DAD

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

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