#4E9BA2#4E9BA2

#4E9BA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.077 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9BA2
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 162)
HSL	hsl(185, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 4.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, -21.72, -10.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 24.33, 206.79°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% -0.0703 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.077 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.3822, 27.6691, 38.3893)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9BA2 #A2554E

analogous

#4EA27F #4E9BA2 #4E71A2

triadic

#4E9BA2 #A24E9B #9BA24E

tetradic

#4E9BA2 #7F4EA2 #A2554E #71A24E

square

#4E9BA2 #7F4EA2 #A2554E #71A24E

split-complementary

#4E9BA2 #A24E71 #A27F4E

monochromatic

#264C4F #3A7379 #4E9BA2 #72B5BB #9BCBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#4E9BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#4E9BA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9BA2

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9BA2	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9195A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838BA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12A09D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.077 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b8bd',
    500: '#4e9ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ba2;
$custom-light: #87b8bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64334,
    "c": 0.07658,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9BA2

secondary

#BC9490

accent

#665DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9BA2

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

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