#4E9FA3#4E9FA3

#4E9FA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.079 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9FA3
RGB	rgb(78, 159, 163)
HSL	hsl(183, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(183, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 2.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.83, -23.49, -9.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.83, 25.41, 202.37°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% -0.0746 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.079 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1482, 29.0583, 39.0849)
Luminance	0.2906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9FA3 #A3524E

analogous

#4EA37D #4E9FA3 #4E74A3

triadic

#4E9FA3 #A34E9F #9FA34E

tetradic

#4E9FA3 #7D4EA3 #A3524E #74A34E

square

#4E9FA3 #7D4EA3 #A3524E #74A34E

split-complementary

#4E9FA3 #A34E74 #A37D4E

monochromatic

#264E50 #3A777A #4E9FA3 #72B8BC #9CCDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#4E9FA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#4E9FA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9FA3

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9FA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9FA3	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9599A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CA4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9fa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 159, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.079 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bbbe',
    500: '#4e9fa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9fa3;
$custom-light: #87bbbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9fa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.824,
    "s": 35.27,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65346,
    "c": 0.07919,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9FA3

secondary

#BC9391

accent

#625CCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9FA3

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

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