#4E9CA4#4E9CA4

#4E9CA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.078 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CA4
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 164)
HSL	hsl(186, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 4.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, -21.67, -11.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 24.56, 208.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.65% -0.0707 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(64.65% 0.078 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.7285, 28.0750, 39.3887)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CA4 #A4564E

analogous

#4EA481 #4E9CA4 #4E71A4

triadic

#4E9CA4 #A44E9C #9CA44E

tetradic

#4E9CA4 #814EA4 #A4564E #71A44E

square

#4E9CA4 #814EA4 #A4564E #71A44E

split-complementary

#4E9CA4 #A44E71 #A4814E

monochromatic

#274D51 #3A757B #4E9CA4 #73B6BC #9CCBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#4E9CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#4E9CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CA4

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CA4	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9296A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848CA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CA19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.078 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9bf',
    500: '#4e9ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ca4;
$custom-light: #87b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.581,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64652,
    "c": 0.07751,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CA4

secondary

#BD9591

accent

#675CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CA4

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

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