#4E9CA0#4E9CA0

#4E9CA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.077 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CA0
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 160)
HSL	hsl(183, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(183, 51%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 2.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.83, -22.79, -9.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.83, 24.68, 202.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% -0.0724 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.077 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.3730, 27.9328, 37.5161)
Luminance	0.2793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CA0 #A0524E

analogous

#4EA07B #4E9CA0 #4E73A0

triadic

#4E9CA0 #A04E9C #9CA04E

tetradic

#4E9CA0 #7B4EA0 #A0524E #73A04E

square

#4E9CA0 #7B4EA0 #A0524E #73A04E

split-complementary

#4E9CA0 #A04E73 #A07B4E

monochromatic

#264C4E #3A7477 #4E9CA0 #71B6BA #9ACBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#4E9CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#4E9CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CA0

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CA0	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9296A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858CA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15A19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.077 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9bc',
    500: '#4e9ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ca0;
$custom-light: #86b9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.927,
    "s": 34.454,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64506,
    "c": 0.07696,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CA0

secondary

#BB918F

accent

#635DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CA0

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

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