#4E96A0#4E96A0

#4E96A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.073 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E96A0
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 160)
HSL	hsl(187, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(187, 51%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 6.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.01, -19.68, -12.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.01, 23.15, 211.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.0653 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.074 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.3909, 25.9687, 37.1888)
Luminance	0.2597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E96A0 #A0584E

analogous

#4EA081 #4E96A0 #4E6DA0

triadic

#4E96A0 #A04E96 #96A04E

tetradic

#4E96A0 #814EA0 #A0584E #6DA04E

square

#4E96A0 #814EA0 #A0584E #6DA04E

split-complementary

#4E96A0 #A04E6D #A0814E

monochromatic

#26494E #3A6F77 #4E96A0 #71B1BA #9AC8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#4E96A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#4E96A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E96A0

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E96A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E96A0	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C91A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E87A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#189B99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e96a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.073 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5bc',
    500: '#4e96a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e96a0;
$custom-light: #86b5bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e96a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.317,
    "s": 34.454,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63043,
    "c": 0.0735,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E96A0

secondary

#BB948F

accent

#6B5DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E96A0

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

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