#4E9EA9#4E9EA9

#4E9EA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.080 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9EA9
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 169)
HSL	hsl(187, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.73, -21.28, -13.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.73, 25.05, 211.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% -0.0708 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.08 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.5273, 28.9359, 41.9265)
Luminance	0.2894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9EA9 #A9594E

analogous

#4EA986 #4E9EA9 #4E70A9

triadic

#4E9EA9 #A94E9E #9EA94E

tetradic

#4E9EA9 #864EA9 #A9594E #70A94E

square

#4E9EA9 #864EA9 #A9594E #70A94E

split-complementary

#4E9EA9 #A94E70 #A9864E

monochromatic

#275055 #3B777F #4E9EA9 #75B6BF #9FCCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#4E9EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#4E9EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9EA9

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9EA9	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9399AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.080 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bbc2',
    500: '#4e9ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ea9;
$custom-light: #87bbc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.253,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65324,
    "c": 0.07971,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9EA9

secondary

#BF9993

accent

#695BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9EA9

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

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