#4E96A2#4E96A2

#4E96A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.074 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E96A2
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 162)
HSL	hsl(189, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(189, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 7.4%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.07, -19.10, -13.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.07, 23.25, 214.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% -0.0645 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.074 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.5673, 26.0392, 38.1176)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E96A2 #A25A4E

analogous

#4EA284 #4E96A2 #4E6CA2

triadic

#4E96A2 #A24E96 #96A24E

tetradic

#4E96A2 #844EA2 #A25A4E #6CA24E

square

#4E96A2 #844EA2 #A25A4E #6CA24E

split-complementary

#4E96A2 #A24E6C #A2844E

monochromatic

#264A4F #3A7079 #4E96A2 #72B1BB #9BC8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#4E96A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#4E96A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E96A2

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E96A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E96A2	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B91A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E87A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#159C9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e96a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.074 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5bd',
    500: '#4e96a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e96a2;
$custom-light: #86b5bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e96a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63119,
    "c": 0.07413,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E96A2

secondary

#BC9690

accent

#6D5DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E96A2

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