#4E969D#4E969D

#4E969D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.073 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E969D
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 157)
HSL	hsl(185, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(185, 50%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 4.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, -20.53, -10.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 23.12, 207.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% -0.0666 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.073 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.1316, 25.8650, 35.8233)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E969D #9D554E

analogous

#4E9D7C #4E969D #4E6E9D

triadic

#4E969D #9D4E96 #969D4E

tetradic

#4E969D #7C4E9D #9D554E #6E9D4E

square

#4E969D #7C4E9D #9D554E #6E9D4E

split-complementary

#4E969D #9D4E6E #9D7C4E

monochromatic

#25484B #3A6F74 #4E969D #70B2B8 #99C8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4E969D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#4E969D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E969D

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E969D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E969D	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C919E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D9B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e969d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.073 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5b9',
    500: '#4e969d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e969d;
$custom-light: #86b5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e969d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.316,
    "s": 33.617,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62931,
    "c": 0.07279,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E969D

secondary

#B9928E

accent

#685ECA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E969D

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

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