#4E99A6#4E99A6

#4E99A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.077 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E99A6
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 166)
HSL	hsl(189, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 7.8%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, -19.53, -13.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 24.00, 215.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64% -0.0663 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.077 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4133, 27.1534, 40.1817)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E99A6 #A65B4E

analogous

#4EA687 #4E99A6 #4E6DA6

triadic

#4E99A6 #A64E99 #99A64E

tetradic

#4E99A6 #874EA6 #A65B4E #6DA64E

square

#4E99A6 #874EA6 #A65B4E #6DA64E

split-complementary

#4E99A6 #A64E6D #A6874E

monochromatic

#274C53 #3A737C #4E99A6 #74B3BE #9DC9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#4E99A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#4E99A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E99A6

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E99A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E99A6	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E94A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808AA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A9F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e99a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.077 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7c0',
    500: '#4e99a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e99a6;
$custom-light: #87b7c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e99a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.864,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63999,
    "c": 0.07671,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E99A6

secondary

#BE9892

accent

#6C5CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E99A6

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

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