#4E99A0#4E99A0

#4E99A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.075 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E99A0
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 160)
HSL	hsl(185, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 51%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 4.4%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.92, -21.25, -10.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.92, 23.85, 207.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% -0.0689 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.075 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.8758, 26.9384, 37.3504)
Luminance	0.2694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E99A0 #A0554E

analogous

#4EA07E #4E99A0 #4E70A0

triadic

#4E99A0 #A04E99 #99A04E

tetradic

#4E99A0 #7E4EA0 #A0554E #70A04E

square

#4E99A0 #7E4EA0 #A0554E #70A04E

split-complementary

#4E99A0 #A04E70 #A07E4E

monochromatic

#264A4E #3A7277 #4E99A0 #71B4BA #9ACACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#4E99A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#4E99A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E99A0

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E99A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E99A0	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F94A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828AA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#179E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e99a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.075 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b7bc',
    500: '#4e99a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e99a0;
$custom-light: #86b7bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e99a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.122,
    "s": 34.454,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63774,
    "c": 0.07508,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E99A0

secondary

#BB938F

accent

#675DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E99A0

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

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