#4E9EAA#4E9EAA

#4E9EAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.080 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9EAA
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 170)
HSL	hsl(188, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 7.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.76, -21.00, -13.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.76, 25.09, 213.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.0704 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.08 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.6215, 28.9736, 42.4228)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9EAA #AA5A4E

analogous

#4EAA88 #4E9EAA #4E70AA

triadic

#4E9EAA #AA4E9E #9EAA4E

tetradic

#4E9EAA #884EAA #AA5A4E #70AA4E

square

#4E9EAA #884EAA #AA5A4E #70AA4E

split-complementary

#4E9EAA #AA4E70 #AA884E

monochromatic

#285056 #3B7780 #4E9EAA #75B6C0 #9FCCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#4E9EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#4E9EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9EAA

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9EAA	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9299AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848EAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.080 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bbc3',
    500: '#4e9eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9eaa;
$custom-light: #87bbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.826,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65361,
    "c": 0.08,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9EAA

secondary

#C09A94

accent

#6A5BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9EAA

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

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