#4E99A7#4E99A7

#4E99A7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.077 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E99A7
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 167)
HSL	hsl(189, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 8.4%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, -19.25, -14.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 24.07, 216.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% -0.0659 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.077 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.5054, 27.1903, 40.6667)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E99A7 #A75C4E

analogous

#4EA788 #4E99A7 #4E6CA7

triadic

#4E99A7 #A74E99 #99A74E

tetradic

#4E99A7 #884EA7 #A75C4E #6CA74E

square

#4E99A7 #884EA7 #A75C4E #6CA74E

split-complementary

#4E99A7 #A74E6C #A7884E

monochromatic

#274D54 #3B737D #4E99A7 #74B2BE #9EC9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#4E99A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#4E99A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E99A7

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E99A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E99A7	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D94A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808AA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#079F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e99a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.077 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7c1',
    500: '#4e99a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e99a7;
$custom-light: #87b7c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e99a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.438,
    "s": 36.327,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64038,
    "c": 0.07709,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E99A7

secondary

#BE9992

accent

#6D5BCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E99A7

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

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