#4E9CA9#4E9CA9

#4E9CA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.079 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CA9
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 169)
HSL	hsl(189, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 7.7%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, -20.24, -14.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 24.68, 214.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% -0.0685 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.079 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1889, 28.2592, 41.8137)
Luminance	0.2826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CA9 #A95B4E

analogous

#4EA988 #4E9CA9 #4E6EA9

triadic

#4E9CA9 #A94E9C #9CA94E

tetradic

#4E9CA9 #884EA9 #A95B4E #6EA94E

square

#4E9CA9 #884EA9 #A95B4E #6EA94E

split-complementary

#4E9CA9 #A94E6E #A9884E

monochromatic

#274F55 #3B757F #4E9CA9 #75B5BF #9FCBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#4E9CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#4E9CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CA9

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CA9	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9097AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.079 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9c2',
    500: '#4e9ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ca9;
$custom-light: #87b9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6484,
    "c": 0.07889,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CA9

secondary

#BF9A93

accent

#6B5BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CA9

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

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