#4E98A5#4E98A5

#4E98A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.076 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E98A5
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 165)
HSL	hsl(189, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 7.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.78, -19.30, -13.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.78, 23.77, 215.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% -0.0656 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.076 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.1590, 26.7909, 39.6461)
Luminance	0.2679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E98A5 #A55B4E

analogous

#4EA587 #4E98A5 #4E6CA5

triadic

#4E98A5 #A54E98 #98A54E

tetradic

#4E98A5 #874EA5 #A55B4E #6CA54E

square

#4E98A5 #874EA5 #A55B4E #6CA54E

split-complementary

#4E98A5 #A54E6C #A5874E

monochromatic

#274B52 #3A727B #4E98A5 #73B2BD #9DC9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#4E98A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#4E98A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E98A5

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E98A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E98A5	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D93A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F89A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E9E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e98a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.076 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b6bf',
    500: '#4e98a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e98a5;
$custom-light: #87b6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e98a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.966,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63719,
    "c": 0.07597,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E98A5

secondary

#BD9891

accent

#6D5CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E98A5

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

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