#4E9DA9#4E9DA9

#4E9DA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.079 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9DA9
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 169)
HSL	hsl(188, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 7.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, -20.76, -13.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 24.86, 213.37°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% -0.0697 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.079 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3574, 28.5962, 41.8698)
Luminance	0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9DA9 #A95A4E

analogous

#4EA987 #4E9DA9 #4E6FA9

triadic

#4E9DA9 #A94E9D #9DA94E

tetradic

#4E9DA9 #874EA9 #A95A4E #6FA94E

square

#4E9DA9 #874EA9 #A95A4E #6FA94E

split-complementary

#4E9DA9 #A94E6F #A9874E

monochromatic

#274F55 #3B767F #4E9DA9 #75B5BF #9FCCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#4E9DA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#4E9DA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9DA9

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9DA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9DA9	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9198AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9da9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.079 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bac2',
    500: '#4e9da9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9da9;
$custom-light: #87bac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9da9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.912,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65081,
    "c": 0.07928,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9DA9

secondary

#BF9993

accent

#6A5BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9DA9

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

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