#4E9AA2#4E9AA2

#4E9AA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.076 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9AA2
RGB	rgb(78, 154, 162)
HSL	hsl(186, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 4.9%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, -21.20, -11.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 24.08, 208.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% -0.0692 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.076 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2165, 27.3376, 38.3340)
Luminance	0.2734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9AA2 #A2564E

analogous

#4EA280 #4E9AA2 #4E70A2

triadic

#4E9AA2 #A24E9A #9AA24E

tetradic

#4E9AA2 #804EA2 #A2564E #70A24E

square

#4E9AA2 #804EA2 #A2564E #70A24E

split-complementary

#4E9AA2 #A24E70 #A2804E

monochromatic

#264B4F #3A7379 #4E9AA2 #72B4BB #9BCACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#4E9AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#4E9AA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9AA2

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9AA2	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9095A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828AA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#129F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 154, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.076 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8bd',
    500: '#4e9aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9aa2;
$custom-light: #86b8bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.714,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64091,
    "c": 0.07602,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9AA2

secondary

#BC9490

accent

#675DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9AA2

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

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