#4E9FA0#4E9FA0

#4E9FA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.079 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9FA0
RGB	rgb(78, 159, 160)
HSL	hsl(181, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 51%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 0.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.74, -24.32, -8.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.74, 25.64, 198.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% -0.0759 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.079 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8826, 28.9521, 37.6860)
Luminance	0.2895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9FA0 #A04F4E

analogous

#4EA078 #4E9FA0 #4E76A0

triadic

#4E9FA0 #A04E9F #9FA04E

tetradic

#4E9FA0 #784EA0 #A04F4E #76A04E

square

#4E9FA0 #784EA0 #A04F4E #76A04E

split-complementary

#4E9FA0 #A04E76 #A0784E

monochromatic

#264D4E #3A7677 #4E9FA0 #71B9BA #9ACDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#4E9FA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#4E9FA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9FA0

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9FA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9FA0	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)

#9698A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888EA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9fa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 159, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.079 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bbbc',
    500: '#4e9fa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9fa0;
$custom-light: #87bbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9fa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.732,
    "s": 34.454,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65239,
    "c": 0.07911,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9FA0

secondary

#BB908F

accent

#5F5DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9FA0

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

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