#4E9CA1#4E9CA1

#4E9CA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.077 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CA1
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 161)
HSL	hsl(184, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(184, 52%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 3.1%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, -22.52, -9.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 24.63, 203.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% -0.0719 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.077 201)
XYZ	xyz(21.4608, 27.9679, 37.9787)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CA1 #A1534E

analogous

#4EA17D #4E9CA1 #4E73A1

triadic

#4E9CA1 #A14E9C #9CA14E

tetradic

#4E9CA1 #7D4EA1 #A1534E #73A14E

square

#4E9CA1 #7D4EA1 #A1534E #73A14E

split-complementary

#4E9CA1 #A14E73 #A17D4E

monochromatic

#264C4F #3A7478 #4E9CA1 #72B6BB #9BCBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#4E9CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#4E9CA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CA1

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CA1	1.00	3.18	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.18	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)

#9296A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858CA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13A19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.077 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9bc',
    500: '#4e9ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ca1;
$custom-light: #87b9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.614,
    "s": 34.728,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64542,
    "c": 0.07705,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.2797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CA1

secondary

#BB9290

accent

#645DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CA1

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

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