#4E99A3#4E99A3

#4E99A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.076 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E99A3
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 163)
HSL	hsl(187, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(187, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 6.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, -20.39, -12.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 23.87, 211.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% -0.0676 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.076 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1414, 27.0446, 38.7493)
Luminance	0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E99A3 #A3584E

analogous

#4EA383 #4E99A3 #4E6EA3

triadic

#4E99A3 #A34E99 #99A34E

tetradic

#4E99A3 #834EA3 #A3584E #6EA34E

square

#4E99A3 #834EA3 #A3584E #6EA34E

split-complementary

#4E99A3 #A34E6E #A3834E

monochromatic

#264B50 #3A727A #4E99A3 #72B3BC #9CC9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#4E99A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#4E99A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E99A3

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E99A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E99A3	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E94A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#119F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e99a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.076 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b7be',
    500: '#4e99a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e99a3;
$custom-light: #86b7be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e99a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.059,
    "s": 35.27,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63885,
    "c": 0.07575,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E99A3

secondary

#BC9691

accent

#6A5CCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E99A3

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

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