#4E97A5#4E97A5

#4E97A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.076 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97A5
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 165)
HSL	hsl(190, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 8.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.48, -18.77, -14.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.48, 23.62, 217.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% -0.0644 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.076 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9974, 26.4677, 39.5923)
Luminance	0.2647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97A5 #A55C4E

analogous

#4EA587 #4E97A5 #4E6CA5

triadic

#4E97A5 #A54E97 #97A54E

tetradic

#4E97A5 #874EA5 #A55C4E #6CA54E

square

#4E97A5 #874EA5 #A55C4E #6CA54E

split-complementary

#4E97A5 #A54E6C #A5874E

monochromatic

#274B52 #3A717B #4E97A5 #73B1BD #9DC8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#4E97A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#4E97A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97A5

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97A5	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)

#8C92A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E88A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F9D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.076 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5bf',
    500: '#4e97a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97a5;
$custom-light: #86b5bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.655,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63477,
    "c": 0.07562,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97A5

secondary

#BD9991

accent

#6E5CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97A5

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

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