#4E97A1#4E97A1

#4E97A1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.074 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97A1
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 161)
HSL	hsl(187, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(187, 52%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 6.2%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.34, -19.92, -12.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.34, 23.39, 211.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% -0.0661 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.074 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6390, 26.3243, 37.7048)
Luminance	0.2633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97A1 #A1584E

analogous

#4EA182 #4E97A1 #4E6EA1

triadic

#4E97A1 #A14E97 #97A14E

tetradic

#4E97A1 #824EA1 #A1584E #6EA14E

square

#4E97A1 #824EA1 #A1584E #6EA14E

split-complementary

#4E97A1 #A14E6E #A1824E

monochromatic

#264A4F #3A7078 #4E97A1 #72B2BB #9BC8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#4E97A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#4E97A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97A1

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97A1	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D92A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F88A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#169C9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.074 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5bc',
    500: '#4e97a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97a1;
$custom-light: #86b5bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.229,
    "s": 34.728,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63324,
    "c": 0.07425,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97A1

secondary

#BB9590

accent

#6A5DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97A1

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

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