#4E9EA5#4E9EA5

#4E9EA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.079 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9EA5
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 165)
HSL	hsl(185, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 4.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, -22.42, -11.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 25.04, 206.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% -0.0725 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.079 203)
XYZ	xyz(22.1575, 28.7880, 39.9790)
Luminance	0.2879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9EA5 #A5554E

analogous

#4EA581 #4E9EA5 #4E72A5

triadic

#4E9EA5 #A54E9E #9EA54E

tetradic

#4E9EA5 #814EA5 #A5554E #72A54E

square

#4E9EA5 #814EA5 #A5554E #72A54E

split-complementary

#4E9EA5 #A54E72 #A5814E

monochromatic

#274E52 #3A767B #4E9EA5 #73B7BD #9DCCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#4E9EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#4E9EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9EA5

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9EA5	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9498A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.079 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bbbf',
    500: '#4e9ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ea5;
$custom-light: #87bbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.828,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65175,
    "c": 0.07882,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.2879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9EA5

secondary

#BD9591

accent

#655CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9EA5

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

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