#4E9FAA#4E9FAA

#4E9FAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.080 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9FAA
RGB	rgb(78, 159, 170)
HSL	hsl(187, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.06, -21.51, -13.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.06, 25.28, 211.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% -0.0716 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.08 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7928, 29.3161, 42.4798)
Luminance	0.2932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9FAA #AA594E

analogous

#4EAA87 #4E9FAA #4E71AA

triadic

#4E9FAA #AA4E9F #9FAA4E

tetradic

#4E9FAA #874EAA #AA594E #71AA4E

square

#4E9FAA #874EAA #AA594E #71AA4E

split-complementary

#4E9FAA #AA4E71 #AA874E

monochromatic

#285156 #3B7880 #4E9FAA #75B7C0 #9FCDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#4E9FAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#4E9FAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9FAA

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9FAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9FAA	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)

#949AAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858FAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9faa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 159, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.080 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bbc3',
    500: '#4e9faa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9faa;
$custom-light: #87bbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9faa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.174,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65603,
    "c": 0.08044,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9FAA

secondary

#C09994

accent

#685BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9FAA

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

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