#4E9BA0#4E9BA0

#4E9BA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.076 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9BA0
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 160)
HSL	hsl(184, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(184, 51%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 3.1%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, -22.28, -9.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 24.39, 204.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% -0.0712 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.076 201)
XYZ	xyz(21.2058, 27.5986, 37.4604)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9BA0 #A0534E

analogous

#4EA07C #4E9BA0 #4E72A0

triadic

#4E9BA0 #A04E9B #9BA04E

tetradic

#4E9BA0 #7C4EA0 #A0534E #72A04E

square

#4E9BA0 #7C4EA0 #A0534E #72A04E

split-complementary

#4E9BA0 #A04E72 #A07C4E

monochromatic

#264B4E #3A7377 #4E9BA0 #71B5BA #9ACBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#4E9BA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#4E9BA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9BA0

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9BA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9BA0	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9195A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848BA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15A09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ba0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.076 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8bc',
    500: '#4e9ba0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ba0;
$custom-light: #86b8bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ba0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.659,
    "s": 34.454,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64261,
    "c": 0.0763,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9BA0

secondary

#BB928F

accent

#645DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9BA0

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

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