#4A9FA5#4A9FA5

#4A9FA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.082 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9FA5
RGB	rgb(74, 159, 165)
HSL	hsl(184, 38%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(184, 55%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 3.6%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.75, -23.78, -10.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.75, 26.18, 204.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% -0.0764 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.082 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.0109, 28.9666, 40.0212)
Luminance	0.2897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9FA5 #A5504A

analogous

#4AA57E #4A9FA5 #4A72A5

triadic

#4A9FA5 #A54A9F #9FA54A

tetradic

#4A9FA5 #7E4AA5 #A5504A #72A54A

square

#4A9FA5 #7E4AA5 #A5504A #72A54A

split-complementary

#4A9FA5 #A54A72 #A57E4A

monochromatic

#244E50 #37767B #4A9FA5 #6EB9BE #98CDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#4A9FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#4A9FA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9FA5

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9FA5	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9499A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 159, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.082 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bbbf',
    500: '#4a9fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9fa5;
$custom-light: #85bbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.956,
    "s": 38.075,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65262,
    "c": 0.08216,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9FA5

secondary

#BD918E

accent

#615ACE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9FA5

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

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