#4E98A4#4E98A4

#4E98A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.076 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E98A4
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 164)
HSL	hsl(188, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(188, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 7.3%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, -19.58, -13.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 23.71, 214.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% -0.066 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.076 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.0683, 26.7546, 39.1687)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E98A4 #A45A4E

analogous

#4EA485 #4E98A4 #4E6DA4

triadic

#4E98A4 #A44E98 #98A44E

tetradic

#4E98A4 #854EA4 #A45A4E #6DA44E

square

#4E98A4 #854EA4 #A45A4E #6DA44E

split-complementary

#4E98A4 #A44E6D #A4854E

monochromatic

#274B51 #3A727B #4E98A4 #73B2BC #9CC9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#4E98A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#4E98A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E98A4

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E98A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E98A4	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D93A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F89A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#109E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e98a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.076 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b6bf',
    500: '#4e98a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e98a4;
$custom-light: #86b6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e98a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.372,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6368,
    "c": 0.07562,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E98A4

secondary

#BD9791

accent

#6C5CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E98A4

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

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