#4E9CA8#4E9CA8

#4E9CA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.079 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CA8
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 168)
HSL	hsl(188, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 7.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.09, -20.53, -13.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.09, 24.63, 213.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% -0.069 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.079 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.0954, 28.2218, 41.3211)
Luminance	0.2822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CA8 #A85A4E

analogous

#4EA887 #4E9CA8 #4E6FA8

triadic

#4E9CA8 #A84E9C #9CA84E

tetradic

#4E9CA8 #874EA8 #A85A4E #6FA84E

square

#4E9CA8 #874EA8 #A85A4E #6FA84E

split-complementary

#4E9CA8 #A84E6F #A8874E

monochromatic

#274E54 #3B757E #4E9CA8 #75B5BF #9ECBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#4E9CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#4E9CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CA8

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CA8	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)

#9197A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.079 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9c1',
    500: '#4e9ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ca8;
$custom-light: #87b9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64802,
    "c": 0.07856,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CA8

secondary

#BF9993

accent

#6A5BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CA8

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

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