#4E9CA7#4E9CA7

#4E9CA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.078 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CA7
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 167)
HSL	hsl(187, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 6.6%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.06, -20.82, -13.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.06, 24.59, 212.18°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% -0.0694 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.078 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.0026, 28.1847, 40.8324)
Luminance	0.2819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CA7 #A7594E

analogous

#4EA785 #4E9CA7 #4E6FA7

triadic

#4E9CA7 #A74E9C #9CA74E

tetradic

#4E9CA7 #854EA7 #A7594E #6FA74E

square

#4E9CA7 #854EA7 #A7594E #6FA74E

split-complementary

#4E9CA7 #A74E6F #A7854E

monochromatic

#274E54 #3B757D #4E9CA7 #74B5BE #9ECBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#4E9CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#4E9CA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CA7

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CA7	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9197A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.078 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9c1',
    500: '#4e9ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ca7;
$custom-light: #87b9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.416,
    "s": 36.327,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64764,
    "c": 0.07825,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CA7

secondary

#BE9892

accent

#695BCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CA7

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

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