#4E9FA6#4E9FA6

#4E9FA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.080 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9FA6
RGB	rgb(78, 159, 166)
HSL	hsl(185, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 4.2%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.93, -22.65, -11.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.93, 25.28, 206.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% -0.0733 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.08 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4202, 29.1671, 40.5173)
Luminance	0.2917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9FA6 #A6554E

analogous

#4EA681 #4E9FA6 #4E73A6

triadic

#4E9FA6 #A64E9F #9FA64E

tetradic

#4E9FA6 #814EA6 #A6554E #73A64E

square

#4E9FA6 #814EA6 #A6554E #73A64E

split-complementary

#4E9FA6 #A64E73 #A6814E

monochromatic

#274F53 #3A777C #4E9FA6 #74B8BE #9DCDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#4E9FA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#4E9FA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9FA6

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9FA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9FA6	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	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)

#9599A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868EA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9fa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 159, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.080 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bbc0',
    500: '#4e9fa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9fa6;
$custom-light: #87bbc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9fa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.773,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65455,
    "c": 0.07955,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9FA6

secondary

#BE9592

accent

#655CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9FA6

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

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