#4E9AA5#4E9AA5

#4E9AA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.077 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9AA5
RGB	rgb(78, 154, 165)
HSL	hsl(188, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 6.7%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, -20.35, -12.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 24.13, 212.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% -0.0679 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.077 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.4863, 27.4456, 39.7552)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9AA5 #A5594E

analogous

#4EA584 #4E9AA5 #4E6FA5

triadic

#4E9AA5 #A54E9A #9AA54E

tetradic

#4E9AA5 #844EA5 #A5594E #6FA54E

square

#4E9AA5 #844EA5 #A5594E #6FA54E

split-complementary

#4E9AA5 #A54E6F #A5844E

monochromatic

#274C52 #3A737B #4E9AA5 #73B4BD #9DCAD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#4E9AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#4E9AA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9AA5

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9AA5	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F95A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CA09D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 154, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.077 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b8bf',
    500: '#4e9aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9aa5;
$custom-light: #87b8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.586,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64203,
    "c": 0.07678,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9AA5

secondary

#BD9791

accent

#6A5CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9AA5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →