#4E9EAD#4E9EAD

#4E9EAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.081 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9EAD
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 173)
HSL	hsl(189, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 8.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, -20.13, -15.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 25.27, 217.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% -0.0692 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.081 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9086, 29.0884, 43.9344)
Luminance	0.2909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9EAD #AD5D4E

analogous

#4EAD8D #4E9EAD #4E6FAD

triadic

#4E9EAD #AD4E9E #9EAD4E

tetradic

#4E9EAD #8D4EAD #AD5D4E #6FAD4E

square

#4E9EAD #8D4EAD #AD5D4E #6FAD4E

split-complementary

#4E9EAD #AD4E6F #AD8D4E

monochromatic

#285159 #3B7783 #4E9EAD #77B6C2 #A1CCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#4E9EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#4E9EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9EAD

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9EAD	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9299AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.081 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bac5',
    500: '#4e9ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ead;
$custom-light: #88bac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.474,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65476,
    "c": 0.08106,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9EAD

secondary

#C29C95

accent

#6C5ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9EAD

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

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