#4C9EA2#4C9EA2

#4C9EA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.080 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C9EA2
RGB	rgb(76, 158, 162)
HSL	hsl(183, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(183, 53%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 2.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, -23.70, -9.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 25.61, 202.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% -0.0752 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.08 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.7263, 28.5968, 38.5502)
Luminance	0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C9EA2 #A2504C

analogous

#4CA27B #4C9EA2 #4C73A2

triadic

#4C9EA2 #A24C9E #9EA24C

tetradic

#4C9EA2 #7B4CA2 #A2504C #73A24C

square

#4C9EA2 #7B4CA2 #A2504C #73A24C

split-complementary

#4C9EA2 #A24C73 #A27B4C

monochromatic

#254D4F #387578 #4C9EA2 #70B8BC #99CDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#4C9EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#4C9EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C9EA2

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C9EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C9EA2	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)

#9498A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c9ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 158, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.080 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bbbd',
    500: '#4c9ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c9ea2;
$custom-light: #86bbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c9ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.791,
    "s": 36.134,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64986,
    "c": 0.07987,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C9EA2

secondary

#BC908E

accent

#615CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C9EA2

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

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