#4C9EAE#4C9EAE

#4C9EAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.083 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C9EAE
RGB	rgb(76, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(190, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(190, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.82, -20.25, -15.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.82, 25.75, 218.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% -0.0701 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.083 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8443, 29.0440, 44.4384)
Luminance	0.2905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C9EAE #AE5C4C

analogous

#4CAE8D #4C9EAE #4C6DAE

triadic

#4C9EAE #AE4C9E #9EAE4C

tetradic

#4C9EAE #8D4CAE #AE5C4C #6DAE4C

square

#4C9EAE #8D4CAE #AE5C4C #6DAE4C

split-complementary

#4C9EAE #AE4C6D #AE8D4C

monochromatic

#275159 #397783 #4C9EAE #75B6C3 #9FCCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#4C9EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#4C9EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C9EAE

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C9EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C9EAE	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9199AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c9eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.083 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bac6',
    500: '#4c9eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c9eae;
$custom-light: #87bac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c9eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.796,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65436,
    "c": 0.08282,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C9EAE

secondary

#C29B94

accent

#6C59CF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C9EAE

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

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