#4E97A4#4E97A4

#4E97A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.075 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97A4
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 164)
HSL	hsl(189, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(189, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 7.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.44, -19.06, -13.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.44, 23.54, 215.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.0648 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.075 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.9067, 26.4314, 39.1148)
Luminance	0.2643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97A4 #A45B4E

analogous

#4EA486 #4E97A4 #4E6CA4

triadic

#4E97A4 #A44E97 #97A44E

tetradic

#4E97A4 #864EA4 #A45B4E #6CA44E

square

#4E97A4 #864EA4 #A45B4E #6CA44E

split-complementary

#4E97A4 #A44E6C #A4864E

monochromatic

#274B51 #3A717B #4E97A4 #73B1BC #9CC8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#4E97A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#4E97A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97A4

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97A4	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C92A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E88A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#119D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.075 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5bf',
    500: '#4e97a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97a4;
$custom-light: #86b5bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.07,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63438,
    "c": 0.07524,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97A4

secondary

#BD9891

accent

#6D5CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97A4

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

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