#4E9CA6#4E9CA6

#4E9CA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.078 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CA6
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 166)
HSL	hsl(187, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 6%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.02, -21.10, -12.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.02, 24.57, 210.80°)
OKLab	oklab(64.73% -0.0698 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(64.73% 0.078 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.9105, 28.1478, 40.3474)
Luminance	0.2815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CA6 #A6584E

analogous

#4EA684 #4E9CA6 #4E70A6

triadic

#4E9CA6 #A64E9C #9CA64E

tetradic

#4E9CA6 #844EA6 #A6584E #70A64E

square

#4E9CA6 #844EA6 #A6584E #70A64E

split-complementary

#4E9CA6 #A64E70 #A6844E

monochromatic

#274E53 #3A757C #4E9CA6 #74B5BE #9DCBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#4E9CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#4E9CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CA6

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CA6	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9197A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.078 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9c0',
    500: '#4e9ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ca6;
$custom-light: #87b9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.818,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64726,
    "c": 0.07798,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CA6

secondary

#BE9792

accent

#685CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CA6

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

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