#4E9FA9#4E9FA9

#4E9FA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.080 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9FA9
RGB	rgb(78, 159, 169)
HSL	hsl(187, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 5.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.03, -21.80, -12.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.03, 25.26, 210.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.57% -0.072 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(65.57% 0.08 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.6986, 29.2785, 41.9835)
Luminance	0.2928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9FA9 #A9584E

analogous

#4EA985 #4E9FA9 #4E71A9

triadic

#4E9FA9 #A94E9F #9FA94E

tetradic

#4E9FA9 #854EA9 #A9584E #71A94E

square

#4E9FA9 #854EA9 #A9584E #71A94E

split-complementary

#4E9FA9 #A94E71 #A9854E

monochromatic

#275055 #3B787F #4E9FA9 #75B7BF #9FCDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#4E9FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#4E9FA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9FA9

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9FA9	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9499AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 159, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.080 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bbc2',
    500: '#4e9fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9fa9;
$custom-light: #87bbc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.593,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65566,
    "c": 0.08017,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9FA9

secondary

#BF9893

accent

#675BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9FA9

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

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