#4E949E#4E949E

#4E949E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.072 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E949E
RGB	rgb(78, 148, 158)
HSL	hsl(188, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(188, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 6.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.33, -19.19, -12.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.33, 22.67, 212.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% -0.0638 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.072 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.9009, 25.2664, 36.1693)
Luminance	0.2527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E949E #9E584E

analogous

#4E9E80 #4E949E #4E6C9E

triadic

#4E949E #9E4E94 #949E4E

tetradic

#4E949E #804E9E #9E584E #6C9E4E

square

#4E949E #804E9E #9E584E #6C9E4E

split-complementary

#4E949E #9E4E6C #9E804E

monochromatic

#26474C #3A6E75 #4E949E #71B0B9 #9AC6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4E949E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#4E949E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E949E

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E949E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E949E	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)

#8A8F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D869E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C9997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e949e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 148, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.072 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b3ba',
    500: '#4e949e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e949e;
$custom-light: #86b3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e949e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62481,
    "c": 0.07198,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E949E

secondary

#BA948E

accent

#6B5ECA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E949E

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

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