#4E9DA8#4E9DA8

#4E9DA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.079 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9DA8
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 168)
HSL	hsl(187, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 6.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.39, -21.05, -13.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.39, 24.82, 212.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% -0.0701 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.079 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2639, 28.5588, 41.3773)
Luminance	0.2856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9DA8 #A8594E

analogous

#4EA886 #4E9DA8 #4E70A8

triadic

#4E9DA8 #A84E9D #9DA84E

tetradic

#4E9DA8 #864EA8 #A8594E #70A84E

square

#4E9DA8 #864EA8 #A8594E #70A84E

split-complementary

#4E9DA8 #A84E70 #A8864E

monochromatic

#274F54 #3B767E #4E9DA8 #75B6BF #9ECCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#4E9DA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#4E9DA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9DA8

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9DA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9DA8	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9298A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9da8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.079 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bac1',
    500: '#4e9da8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9da8;
$custom-light: #87bac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9da8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.333,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65044,
    "c": 0.07898,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9DA8

secondary

#BF9893

accent

#695BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9DA8

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

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