#4A9FAC#4A9FAC

#4A9FAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.084 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9FAC
RGB	rgb(74, 159, 172)
HSL	hsl(188, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 7.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.98, -21.76, -14.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.98, 26.17, 213.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% -0.0734 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.084 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6656, 29.2285, 43.4689)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9FAC #AC574A

analogous

#4AAC88 #4A9FAC #4A6EAC

triadic

#4A9FAC #AC4A9F #9FAC4A

tetradic

#4A9FAC #884AAC #AC574A #6EAC4A

square

#4A9FAC #884AAC #AC574A #6EAC4A

split-complementary

#4A9FAC #AC4A6E #AC884A

monochromatic

#255056 #387781 #4A9FAC #71B7C2 #9CCDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#4A9FAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#4A9FAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9FAC

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9FAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9FAC	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9fac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 159, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.084 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bbc4',
    500: '#4a9fac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9fac;
$custom-light: #86bbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9fac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.959,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65524,
    "c": 0.08373,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9FAC

secondary

#C19791

accent

#6858D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9FAC

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

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