#4E9CA5#4E9CA5

#4E9CA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.078 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CA5
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 165)
HSL	hsl(186, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 5.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, -21.39, -12.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 24.56, 209.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% -0.0702 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.078 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.8192, 28.1113, 39.8662)
Luminance	0.2811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CA5 #A5574E

analogous

#4EA582 #4E9CA5 #4E70A5

triadic

#4E9CA5 #A54E9C #9CA54E

tetradic

#4E9CA5 #824EA5 #A5574E #70A54E

square

#4E9CA5 #824EA5 #A5574E #70A54E

split-complementary

#4E9CA5 #A54E70 #A5824E

monochromatic

#274D52 #3A757B #4E9CA5 #73B5BD #9DCBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#4E9CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#4E9CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CA5

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CA5	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)

#9197A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.078 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9bf',
    500: '#4e9ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ca5;
$custom-light: #87b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.207,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64689,
    "c": 0.07773,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CA5

secondary

#BD9691

accent

#685CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CA5

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

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