#4E99A4#4E99A4

#4E99A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.076 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E99A4
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 164)
HSL	hsl(188, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(188, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 6.7%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, -20.11, -12.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 23.90, 212.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% -0.0672 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.076 208)
XYZ	xyz(21.2313, 27.0806, 39.2230)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E99A4 #A4594E

analogous

#4EA484 #4E99A4 #4E6EA4

triadic

#4E99A4 #A44E99 #99A44E

tetradic

#4E99A4 #844EA4 #A4594E #6EA44E

square

#4E99A4 #844EA4 #A4594E #6EA44E

split-complementary

#4E99A4 #A44E6E #A4844E

monochromatic

#274C51 #3A727B #4E99A4 #73B3BC #9CC9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#4E99A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#4E99A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E99A4

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E99A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E99A4	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E94A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808AA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F9F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e99a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.076 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7bf',
    500: '#4e99a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e99a4;
$custom-light: #87b7bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e99a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.674,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63923,
    "c": 0.07604,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.27083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E99A4

secondary

#BD9791

accent

#6A5CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E99A4

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

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