#4E97A0#4E97A0

#4E97A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.074 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97A0
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 160)
HSL	hsl(187, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(187, 51%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 5.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.31, -20.20, -11.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.31, 23.37, 210.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% -0.0665 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.074 206)
XYZ	xyz(20.5512, 26.2892, 37.2422)
Luminance	0.2629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97A0 #A0574E

analogous

#4EA080 #4E97A0 #4E6EA0

triadic

#4E97A0 #A04E97 #97A04E

tetradic

#4E97A0 #804EA0 #A0574E #6EA04E

square

#4E97A0 #804EA0 #A0574E #6EA04E

split-complementary

#4E97A0 #A04E6E #A0804E

monochromatic

#26494E #3A7077 #4E97A0 #71B2BA #9AC8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#4E97A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#4E97A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97A0

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97A0	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D92A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8088A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#189C9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.074 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5bc',
    500: '#4e97a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97a0;
$custom-light: #86b5bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.585,
    "s": 34.454,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63286,
    "c": 0.07399,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.26291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97A0

secondary

#BB948F

accent

#695DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97A0

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

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