#4E9EA2#4E9EA2

#4E9EA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.078 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9EA2
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 162)
HSL	hsl(183, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(183, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 2.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.50, -23.26, -9.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.50, 25.17, 202.43°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% -0.0738 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.078 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8877, 28.6801, 38.5578)
Luminance	0.2868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9EA2 #A2524E

analogous

#4EA27C #4E9EA2 #4E74A2

triadic

#4E9EA2 #A24E9E #9EA24E

tetradic

#4E9EA2 #7C4EA2 #A2524E #74A24E

square

#4E9EA2 #7C4EA2 #A2524E #74A24E

split-complementary

#4E9EA2 #A24E74 #A27C4E

monochromatic

#264D4F #3A7679 #4E9EA2 #72B8BB #9BCDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#4E9EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#4E9EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9EA2

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9EA2	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9498A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FA39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.078 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bbbd',
    500: '#4e9ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ea2;
$custom-light: #87bbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.857,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65066,
    "c": 0.07845,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9EA2

secondary

#BC9290

accent

#625DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9EA2

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

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