#4A9EA3#4A9EA3

#4A9EA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.081 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9EA3
RGB	rgb(74, 158, 163)
HSL	hsl(183, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(183, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 3.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, -23.84, -10.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 25.99, 203.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.94% -0.0761 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(64.94% 0.081 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6590, 28.5519, 39.0129)
Luminance	0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9EA3 #A34F4A

analogous

#4AA37C #4A9EA3 #4A72A3

triadic

#4A9EA3 #A34A9E #9EA34A

tetradic

#4A9EA3 #7C4AA3 #A34F4A #72A34A

square

#4A9EA3 #7C4AA3 #A34F4A #72A34A

split-complementary

#4A9EA3 #A34A72 #A37C4A

monochromatic

#244C4F #377579 #4A9EA3 #6DB8BD #97CDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#4A9EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#4A9EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9EA3

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9EA3	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9498A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 158, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.081 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bbbe',
    500: '#4a9ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9ea3;
$custom-light: #85bbbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.371,
    "s": 37.553,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64944,
    "c": 0.08133,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9EA3

secondary

#BC8F8D

accent

#615ACE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9EA3

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

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