#4E97A3#4E97A3

#4E97A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.075 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97A3
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 163)
HSL	hsl(188, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(188, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 7.4%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.41, -19.34, -13.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.41, 23.48, 214.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% -0.0652 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.075 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.8168, 26.3954, 38.6411)
Luminance	0.2640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97A3 #A35A4E

analogous

#4EA385 #4E97A3 #4E6CA3

triadic

#4E97A3 #A34E97 #97A34E

tetradic

#4E97A3 #854EA3 #A35A4E #6CA34E

square

#4E97A3 #854EA3 #A35A4E #6CA34E

split-complementary

#4E97A3 #A34E6C #A3854E

monochromatic

#264A50 #3A717A #4E97A3 #72B1BC #9CC8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#4E97A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#4E97A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97A3

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97A3	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C92A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F88A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#139D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.075 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5be',
    500: '#4e97a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97a3;
$custom-light: #86b5be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.471,
    "s": 35.27,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.634,
    "c": 0.07488,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97A3

secondary

#BC9791

accent

#6C5CCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97A3

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

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