#4E9EA8#4E9EA8

#4E9EA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.079 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9EA8
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 168)
HSL	hsl(187, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.69, -21.57, -12.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.69, 25.03, 210.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% -0.0713 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.079 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4338, 28.8985, 41.4339)
Luminance	0.2890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9EA8 #A8584E

analogous

#4EA885 #4E9EA8 #4E71A8

triadic

#4E9EA8 #A84E9E #9EA84E

tetradic

#4E9EA8 #854EA8 #A8584E #71A84E

square

#4E9EA8 #854EA8 #A8584E #71A84E

split-complementary

#4E9EA8 #A84E71 #A8854E

monochromatic

#274F54 #3B777E #4E9EA8 #75B6BF #9ECCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#4E9EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#4E9EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9EA8

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9EA8	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9399A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858EA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.079 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bbc1',
    500: '#4e9ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ea8;
$custom-light: #87bbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65286,
    "c": 0.07944,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9EA8

secondary

#BF9893

accent

#685BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9EA8

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

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