#4E9CAA#4E9CAA

#4E9CAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.079 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CAA
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 170)
HSL	hsl(189, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 8.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.16, -19.95, -14.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.16, 24.75, 216.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% -0.0681 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.079 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2832, 28.2969, 42.3100)
Luminance	0.2830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CAA #AA5C4E

analogous

#4EAA8A #4E9CAA #4E6EAA

triadic

#4E9CAA #AA4E9C #9CAA4E

tetradic

#4E9CAA #8A4EAA #AA5C4E #6EAA4E

square

#4E9CAA #8A4EAA #AA5C4E #6EAA4E

split-complementary

#4E9CAA #AA4E6E #AA8A4E

monochromatic

#284F56 #3B7680 #4E9CAA #75B5C0 #9FCBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#4E9CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#4E9CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CAA

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CAA	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9097AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828CAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.079 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9c3',
    500: '#4e9caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9caa;
$custom-light: #87b9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.13,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64878,
    "c": 0.07926,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CAA

secondary

#C09B94

accent

#6C5BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CAA

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

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