#4E9FA8#4E9FA8

#4E9FA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.080 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9FA8
RGB	rgb(78, 159, 168)
HSL	hsl(186, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 5.4%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.99, -22.09, -12.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.99, 25.26, 209.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.53% -0.0724 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(65.53% 0.08 205)
XYZ	xyz(22.6051, 29.2410, 41.4910)
Luminance	0.2924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9FA8 #A8574E

analogous

#4EA884 #4E9FA8 #4E72A8

triadic

#4E9FA8 #A84E9F #9FA84E

tetradic

#4E9FA8 #844EA8 #A8574E #72A84E

square

#4E9FA8 #844EA8 #A8574E #72A84E

split-complementary

#4E9FA8 #A84E72 #A8844E

monochromatic

#275054 #3B777E #4E9FA8 #75B7BF #9ECDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#4E9FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#4E9FA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9FA8

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9FA8	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9499A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 159, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.080 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bbc1',
    500: '#4e9fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9fa8;
$custom-light: #87bbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65528,
    "c": 0.07993,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.29243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9FA8

secondary

#BF9793

accent

#675BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9FA8

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

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