#4E909B#4E909B

#4E909B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.069 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E909B
RGB	rgb(78, 144, 155)
HSL	hsl(189, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(189, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 7.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, -17.92, -12.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 21.76, 214.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% -0.0603 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.069 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.0293, 23.9312, 34.6204)
Luminance	0.2393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E909B #9B594E

analogous

#4E9B7F #4E909B #4E699B

triadic

#4E909B #9B4E90 #909B4E

tetradic

#4E909B #7F4E9B #9B594E #699B4E

square

#4E909B #7F4E9B #9B594E #699B4E

split-complementary

#4E909B #9B4E69 #9B7F4E

monochromatic

#25444A #3A6A72 #4E909B #6FADB7 #98C4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#4E909B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#4E909B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E909B

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E909B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E909B	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868C9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A829B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#229593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e909b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 144, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.069 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b0b8',
    500: '#4e909b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e909b;
$custom-light: #85b0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e909b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61394,
    "c": 0.06923,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E909B

secondary

#B8938D

accent

#6E5FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F5F6

border

#CBCFD0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E909B

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

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