#4E99A2#4E99A2

#4E99A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.075 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E99A2
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 162)
HSL	hsl(186, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 5.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, -20.68, -11.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 23.85, 209.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% -0.068 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.075 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0521, 27.0089, 38.2793)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E99A2 #A2574E

analogous

#4EA281 #4E99A2 #4E6FA2

triadic

#4E99A2 #A24E99 #99A24E

tetradic

#4E99A2 #814EA2 #A2574E #6FA24E

square

#4E99A2 #814EA2 #A2574E #6FA24E

split-complementary

#4E99A2 #A24E6F #A2814E

monochromatic

#264B4F #3A7279 #4E99A2 #72B3BB #9BC9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#4E99A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#4E99A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E99A2

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E99A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E99A2	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F94A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818AA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#139E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e99a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.075 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b7bd',
    500: '#4e99a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e99a2;
$custom-light: #86b7bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e99a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.429,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63848,
    "c": 0.07549,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E99A2

secondary

#BC9590

accent

#695DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E99A2

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

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