#4E9AA3#4E9AA3

#4E9AA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.076 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9AA3
RGB	rgb(78, 154, 163)
HSL	hsl(186, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 5.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, -20.92, -11.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 24.08, 209.72°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% -0.0688 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.076 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3057, 27.3733, 38.8040)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9AA3 #A3574E

analogous

#4EA382 #4E9AA3 #4E70A3

triadic

#4E9AA3 #A34E9A #9AA34E

tetradic

#4E9AA3 #824EA3 #A3574E #70A34E

square

#4E9AA3 #824EA3 #A3574E #70A34E

split-complementary

#4E9AA3 #A34E70 #A3824E

monochromatic

#264C50 #3A737A #4E9AA3 #72B4BC #9CCAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#4E9AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#4E9AA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9AA3

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9AA3	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F95A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#109F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 154, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.076 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b8be',
    500: '#4e9aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9aa3;
$custom-light: #87b8be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.353,
    "s": 35.27,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64128,
    "c": 0.07625,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9AA3

secondary

#BC9591

accent

#685CCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9AA3

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

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