#4E9CA3#4E9CA3

#4E9CA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.077 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CA3
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 163)
HSL	hsl(185, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 4.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, -21.95, -11.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 24.57, 206.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% -0.0711 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.077 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.6386, 28.0390, 38.9150)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CA3 #A3554E

analogous

#4EA380 #4E9CA3 #4E72A3

triadic

#4E9CA3 #A34E9C #9CA34E

tetradic

#4E9CA3 #804EA3 #A3554E #72A34E

square

#4E9CA3 #804EA3 #A3554E #72A34E

split-complementary

#4E9CA3 #A34E72 #A3804E

monochromatic

#264D50 #3A747A #4E9CA3 #72B6BC #9CCBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#4E9CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#4E9CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CA3

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CA3	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9296A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848CA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FA19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.077 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9be',
    500: '#4e9ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ca3;
$custom-light: #87b9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.941,
    "s": 35.27,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64615,
    "c": 0.07733,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CA3

secondary

#BC9491

accent

#665CCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CA3

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

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