#4E9EA1#4E9EA1

#4E9EA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.078 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9EA1
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 161)
HSL	hsl(182, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(182, 52%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 1.9%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.47, -23.54, -9.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.47, 25.23, 201.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% -0.0743 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.078 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7992, 28.6447, 38.0915)
Luminance	0.2865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9EA1 #A1514E

analogous

#4EA17B #4E9EA1 #4E75A1

triadic

#4E9EA1 #A14E9E #9EA14E

tetradic

#4E9EA1 #7B4EA1 #A1514E #75A14E

square

#4E9EA1 #7B4EA1 #A1514E #75A14E

split-complementary

#4E9EA1 #A14E75 #A17B4E

monochromatic

#264D4F #3A7678 #4E9EA1 #72B8BB #9BCDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#4E9EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#4E9EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9EA1

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9EA1	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)

#9598A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.078 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bbbc',
    500: '#4e9ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ea1;
$custom-light: #87bbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.169,
    "s": 34.728,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6503,
    "c": 0.07839,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9EA1

secondary

#BB9190

accent

#615DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9EA1

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

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