#4E9FA1#4E9FA1

#4E9FA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.079 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9FA1
RGB	rgb(78, 159, 161)
HSL	hsl(181, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 52%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 1.2%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, -24.05, -8.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 25.55, 199.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% -0.0754 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.079 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.9704, 28.9872, 38.1486)
Luminance	0.2899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9FA1 #A1504E

analogous

#4EA17A #4E9FA1 #4E76A1

triadic

#4E9FA1 #A14E9F #9FA14E

tetradic

#4E9FA1 #7A4EA1 #A1504E #76A14E

square

#4E9FA1 #7A4EA1 #A1504E #76A14E

split-complementary

#4E9FA1 #A14E76 #A17A4E

monochromatic

#264E4F #3A7678 #4E9FA1 #72B9BB #9BCDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#4E9FA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#4E9FA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9FA1

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9FA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9FA1	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)

#9699A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888EA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9fa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 159, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.079 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bbbc',
    500: '#4e9fa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9fa1;
$custom-light: #87bbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9fa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.446,
    "s": 34.728,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65275,
    "c": 0.07911,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9FA1

secondary

#BB9190

accent

#605DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9FA1

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

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