#4E9AA0#4E9AA0

#4E9AA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.076 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9AA0
RGB	rgb(78, 154, 160)
HSL	hsl(184, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(184, 51%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 3.8%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, -21.76, -10.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 24.11, 205.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% -0.07 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.076 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.0401, 27.2671, 37.4052)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9AA0 #A0544E

analogous

#4EA07D #4E9AA0 #4E71A0

triadic

#4E9AA0 #A04E9A #9AA04E

tetradic

#4E9AA0 #7D4EA0 #A0544E #71A04E

square

#4E9AA0 #7D4EA0 #A0544E #71A04E

split-complementary

#4E9AA0 #A04E71 #A07D4E

monochromatic

#264B4E #3A7277 #4E9AA0 #71B5BA #9ACACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#4E9AA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#4E9AA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9AA0

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9AA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9AA0	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9094A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838AA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#169F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9aa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 154, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.076 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8bc',
    500: '#4e9aa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9aa0;
$custom-light: #86b8bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9aa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.39,
    "s": 34.454,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64017,
    "c": 0.07567,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9AA0

secondary

#BB928F

accent

#655DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9AA0

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

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