#4E99A5#4E99A5

#4E99A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.076 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E99A5
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 165)
HSL	hsl(188, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 7.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, -19.82, -13.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 23.94, 214.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% -0.0667 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.076 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.3220, 27.1169, 39.7005)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E99A5 #A55A4E

analogous

#4EA585 #4E99A5 #4E6DA5

triadic

#4E99A5 #A54E99 #99A54E

tetradic

#4E99A5 #854EA5 #A55A4E #6DA54E

square

#4E99A5 #854EA5 #A55A4E #6DA54E

split-complementary

#4E99A5 #A54E6D #A5854E

monochromatic

#274C52 #3A727B #4E99A5 #73B3BD #9DC9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#4E99A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#4E99A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E99A5

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E99A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E99A5	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)

#8E94A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D9F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e99a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.076 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7bf',
    500: '#4e99a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e99a5;
$custom-light: #87b7bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e99a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.276,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63961,
    "c": 0.07636,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E99A5

secondary

#BD9891

accent

#6B5CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E99A5

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

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