#4E9CA2#4E9CA2

#4E9CA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.077 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CA2
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 162)
HSL	hsl(184, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(184, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 3.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.89, -22.24, -10.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.89, 24.59, 205.30°)
OKLab	oklab(64.58% -0.0715 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(64.58% 0.077 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.5493, 28.0033, 38.4450)
Luminance	0.2801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CA2 #A2544E

analogous

#4EA27E #4E9CA2 #4E72A2

triadic

#4E9CA2 #A24E9C #9CA24E

tetradic

#4E9CA2 #7E4EA2 #A2544E #72A24E

square

#4E9CA2 #7E4EA2 #A2544E #72A24E

split-complementary

#4E9CA2 #A24E72 #A27E4E

monochromatic

#264C4F #3A7479 #4E9CA2 #72B6BB #9BCBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#4E9CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#4E9CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CA2

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CA2	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9296A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.077 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9bd',
    500: '#4e9ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ca2;
$custom-light: #87b9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.286,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64578,
    "c": 0.07718,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CA2

secondary

#BC9390

accent

#655DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CA2

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

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