#4E9AA8#4E9AA8

#4E9AA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.078 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9AA8
RGB	rgb(78, 154, 168)
HSL	hsl(189, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 8.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.49, -19.48, -14.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.49, 24.30, 216.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% -0.0667 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.078 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.7626, 27.5561, 41.2102)
Luminance	0.2756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9AA8 #A85C4E

analogous

#4EA889 #4E9AA8 #4E6DA8

triadic

#4E9AA8 #A84E9A #9AA84E

tetradic

#4E9AA8 #894EA8 #A85C4E #6DA84E

square

#4E9AA8 #894EA8 #A85C4E #6DA84E

split-complementary

#4E9AA8 #A84E6D #A8894E

monochromatic

#274D54 #3B747E #4E9AA8 #75B3BF #9ECAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#4E9AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#4E9AA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9AA8

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9AA8	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E95A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808BA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03A09E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 154, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.078 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b8c1',
    500: '#4e9aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9aa8;
$custom-light: #87b8c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.333,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64318,
    "c": 0.07781,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9AA8

secondary

#BF9A93

accent

#6D5BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9AA8

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

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