#4E9DAA#4E9DAA

#4E9DAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.080 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9DAA
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 170)
HSL	hsl(188, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 7.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.46, -20.47, -14.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.46, 24.91, 214.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% -0.0693 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.08 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4517, 28.6339, 42.3661)
Luminance	0.2864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9DAA #AA5B4E

analogous

#4EAA89 #4E9DAA #4E6FAA

triadic

#4E9DAA #AA4E9D #9DAA4E

tetradic

#4E9DAA #894EAA #AA5B4E #6FAA4E

square

#4E9DAA #894EAA #AA5B4E #6FAA4E

split-complementary

#4E9DAA #AA4E6F #AA894E

monochromatic

#285056 #3B7680 #4E9DAA #75B5C0 #9FCCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#4E9DAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#4E9DAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9DAA

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9DAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9DAA	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9198AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838DAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9daa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.080 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bac3',
    500: '#4e9daa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9daa;
$custom-light: #87bac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9daa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.478,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6512,
    "c": 0.07961,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9DAA

secondary

#C09A94

accent

#6B5BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9DAA

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

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