#4E9BA3#4E9BA3

#4E9BA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.077 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9BA3
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 163)
HSL	hsl(186, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 4.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, -21.44, -11.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 24.32, 208.18°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% -0.0699 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.077 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.4714, 27.7048, 38.8593)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9BA3 #A3564E

analogous

#4EA381 #4E9BA3 #4E71A3

triadic

#4E9BA3 #A34E9B #9BA34E

tetradic

#4E9BA3 #814EA3 #A3564E #71A34E

square

#4E9BA3 #814EA3 #A3564E #71A34E

split-complementary

#4E9BA3 #A34E71 #A3814E

monochromatic

#264C50 #3A747A #4E9BA3 #72B5BC #9CCBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#4E9BA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#4E9BA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9BA3

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9BA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9BA3	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9196A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10A09D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.077 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b8be',
    500: '#4e9ba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ba3;
$custom-light: #87b8be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.647,
    "s": 35.27,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64371,
    "c": 0.07677,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9BA3

secondary

#BC9591

accent

#675CCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9BA3

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

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