#4E97A2#4E97A2

#4E97A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.075 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97A2
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 162)
HSL	hsl(188, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(188, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 6.8%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, -19.63, -12.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 23.43, 213.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.0657 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.075 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.7275, 26.3597, 38.1710)
Luminance	0.2636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97A2 #A2594E

analogous

#4EA283 #4E97A2 #4E6DA2

triadic

#4E97A2 #A24E97 #97A24E

tetradic

#4E97A2 #834EA2 #A2594E #6DA24E

square

#4E97A2 #834EA2 #A2594E #6DA24E

split-complementary

#4E97A2 #A24E6D #A2834E

monochromatic

#264A4F #3A7079 #4E97A2 #72B2BB #9BC8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#4E97A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#4E97A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97A2

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97A2	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)

#8C92A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F88A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#159D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.075 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5bd',
    500: '#4e97a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97a2;
$custom-light: #86b5bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.857,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63362,
    "c": 0.07456,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97A2

secondary

#BC9690

accent

#6B5DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97A2

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

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