#4E9BA5#4E9BA5

#4E9BA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.077 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9BA5
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 165)
HSL	hsl(187, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 6.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, -20.87, -12.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 24.34, 210.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% -0.0691 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.077 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6521, 27.7771, 39.8105)
Luminance	0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9BA5 #A5584E

analogous

#4EA584 #4E9BA5 #4E6FA5

triadic

#4E9BA5 #A54E9B #9BA54E

tetradic

#4E9BA5 #844EA5 #A5584E #6FA54E

square

#4E9BA5 #844EA5 #A5584E #6FA54E

split-complementary

#4E9BA5 #A54E6F #A5844E

monochromatic

#274D52 #3A747B #4E9BA5 #73B4BD #9DCBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#4E9BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#4E9BA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9BA5

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9BA5	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9096A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BA19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.077 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b8bf',
    500: '#4e9ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ba5;
$custom-light: #87b8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.897,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64446,
    "c": 0.07723,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9BA5

secondary

#BD9691

accent

#695CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9BA5

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

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