#4E9EA6#4E9EA6

#4E9EA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.079 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9EA6
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 166)
HSL	hsl(185, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.63, -22.14, -11.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.63, 25.03, 207.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.21% -0.0721 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(65.21% 0.079 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.2489, 28.8246, 40.4602)
Luminance	0.2883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9EA6 #A6564E

analogous

#4EA682 #4E9EA6 #4E72A6

triadic

#4E9EA6 #A64E9E #9EA64E

tetradic

#4E9EA6 #824EA6 #A6564E #72A64E

square

#4E9EA6 #824EA6 #A6564E #72A64E

split-complementary

#4E9EA6 #A64E72 #A6824E

monochromatic

#274F53 #3A767C #4E9EA6 #74B7BE #9DCCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#4E9EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#4E9EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9EA6

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9EA6	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9398A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858EA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.079 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bbc0',
    500: '#4e9ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ea6;
$custom-light: #87bbc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65212,
    "c": 0.07899,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9EA6

secondary

#BE9692

accent

#665CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9EA6

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

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