#4A9EA2#4A9EA2

#4A9EA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.081 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9EA2
RGB	rgb(74, 158, 162)
HSL	hsl(183, 37%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(183, 54%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 2.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.35, -24.12, -9.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.35, 26.05, 202.18°)
OKLab	oklab(64.91% -0.0766 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(64.91% 0.081 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5698, 28.5162, 38.5429)
Luminance	0.2852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9EA2 #A24E4A

analogous

#4AA27A #4A9EA2 #4A72A2

triadic

#4A9EA2 #A24A9E #9EA24A

tetradic

#4A9EA2 #7A4AA2 #A24E4A #72A24A

square

#4A9EA2 #7A4AA2 #A24E4A #72A24A

split-complementary

#4A9EA2 #A24A72 #A27A4A

monochromatic

#244C4E #377578 #4A9EA2 #6DB9BC #97CDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#4A9EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#4A9EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9EA2

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9EA2	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9498A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 158, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.081 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bbbd',
    500: '#4a9ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9ea2;
$custom-light: #85bbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.727,
    "s": 37.288,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64908,
    "c": 0.08124,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9EA2

secondary

#BC8E8C

accent

#605BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9EA2

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

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