#4E9FA5#4E9FA5

#4E9FA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.079 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9FA5
RGB	rgb(78, 159, 165)
HSL	hsl(184, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 3.6%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.90, -22.93, -10.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.90, 25.31, 205.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% -0.0737 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.079 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.3288, 29.1305, 40.0361)
Luminance	0.2913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9FA5 #A5544E

analogous

#4EA57F #4E9FA5 #4E73A5

triadic

#4E9FA5 #A54E9F #9FA54E

tetradic

#4E9FA5 #7F4EA5 #A5544E #73A54E

square

#4E9FA5 #7F4EA5 #A5544E #73A54E

split-complementary

#4E9FA5 #A54E73 #A57F4E

monochromatic

#274F52 #3A777B #4E9FA5 #73B8BD #9DCDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#4E9FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#4E9FA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9FA5

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9FA5	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9599A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 159, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.079 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bbbf',
    500: '#4e9fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9fa5;
$custom-light: #87bbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.138,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65418,
    "c": 0.0794,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9FA5

secondary

#BD9491

accent

#645CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9FA5

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

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