#4E9EA4#4E9EA4

#4E9EA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.079 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9EA4
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 164)
HSL	hsl(184, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(184, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 3.7%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, -22.70, -10.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 25.07, 205.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% -0.073 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.079 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.0669, 28.7517, 39.5015)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9EA4 #A4544E

analogous

#4EA47F #4E9EA4 #4E73A4

triadic

#4E9EA4 #A44E9E #9EA44E

tetradic

#4E9EA4 #7F4EA4 #A4544E #73A44E

square

#4E9EA4 #7F4EA4 #A4544E #73A44E

split-complementary

#4E9EA4 #A44E73 #A47F4E

monochromatic

#274E51 #3A767B #4E9EA4 #73B7BC #9CCCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#4E9EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#4E9EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9EA4

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9EA4	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9498A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0AA3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.079 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bbbf',
    500: '#4e9ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ea4;
$custom-light: #87bbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.186,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65138,
    "c": 0.07867,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9EA4

secondary

#BD9491

accent

#645CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9EA4

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

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