#4E949D#4E949D

#4E949D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.072 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E949D
RGB	rgb(78, 148, 157)
HSL	hsl(187, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(187, 50%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 5.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, -19.48, -11.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 22.64, 210.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.0642 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.072 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8152, 25.2321, 35.7178)
Luminance	0.2523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E949D #9D574E

analogous

#4E9D7E #4E949D #4E6C9D

triadic

#4E949D #9D4E94 #949D4E

tetradic

#4E949D #7E4E9D #9D574E #6C9D4E

square

#4E949D #7E4E9D #9D574E #6C9D4E

split-complementary

#4E949D #9D4E6C #9D7E4E

monochromatic

#25474B #3A6D74 #4E949D #70B0B8 #99C7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4E949D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#4E949D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E949D

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E949D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E949D	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D869D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E9997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e949d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 148, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.072 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b3b9',
    500: '#4e949d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e949d;
$custom-light: #86b3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e949d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.835,
    "s": 33.617,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62443,
    "c": 0.0717,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E949D

secondary

#B9938E

accent

#6A5ECA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E949D

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

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