#4E98A6#4E98A6

#4E98A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.076 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E98A6
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 166)
HSL	hsl(190, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 8.4%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.81, -19.01, -14.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.81, 23.85, 217.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% -0.0652 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.076 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.2504, 26.8274, 40.1274)
Luminance	0.2683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E98A6 #A65C4E

analogous

#4EA688 #4E98A6 #4E6CA6

triadic

#4E98A6 #A64E98 #98A64E

tetradic

#4E98A6 #884EA6 #A65C4E #6CA64E

square

#4E98A6 #884EA6 #A65C4E #6CA64E

split-complementary

#4E98A6 #A64E6C #A6884E

monochromatic

#274C53 #3A727C #4E98A6 #74B2BE #9DC9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#4E98A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#4E98A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E98A6

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E98A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E98A6	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C93A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F89A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0B9E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e98a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.076 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b6c0',
    500: '#4e98a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e98a6;
$custom-light: #87b6c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e98a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.545,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63757,
    "c": 0.07636,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E98A6

secondary

#BE9992

accent

#6E5CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E98A6

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

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