#4E9EA0#4E9EA0

#4E9EA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.078 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9EA0
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 160)
HSL	hsl(181, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 51%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 1.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.44, -23.82, -8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.44, 25.31, 199.78°)
OKLab	oklab(65% -0.0747 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.078 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.7113, 28.6095, 37.6289)
Luminance	0.2861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9EA0 #A0504E

analogous

#4EA079 #4E9EA0 #4E75A0

triadic

#4E9EA0 #A04E9E #9EA04E

tetradic

#4E9EA0 #794EA0 #A0504E #75A04E

square

#4E9EA0 #794EA0 #A0504E #75A04E

split-complementary

#4E9EA0 #A04E75 #A0794E

monochromatic

#264D4E #3A7577 #4E9EA0 #71B8BA #9ACDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#4E9EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#4E9EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9EA0

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9EA0	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	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)

#9598A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878DA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.078 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bbbc',
    500: '#4e9ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ea0;
$custom-light: #87bbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.463,
    "s": 34.454,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64995,
    "c": 0.07837,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9EA0

secondary

#BB908F

accent

#605DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9EA0

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

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