#4E9FAB#4E9FAB

#4E9FAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.081 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9FAB
RGB	rgb(78, 159, 171)
HSL	hsl(188, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 7%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, -21.23, -13.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 25.31, 213.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% -0.0712 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.081 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.8878, 29.3541, 42.9799)
Luminance	0.2936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9FAB #AB5A4E

analogous

#4EAB89 #4E9FAB #4E71AB

triadic

#4E9FAB #AB4E9F #9FAB4E

tetradic

#4E9FAB #894EAB #AB5A4E #71AB4E

square

#4E9FAB #894EAB #AB5A4E #71AB4E

split-complementary

#4E9FAB #AB4E71 #AB894E

monochromatic

#285157 #3B7881 #4E9FAB #76B7C0 #A0CDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#4E9FAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#4E9FAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9FAB

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9FAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9FAB	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939AAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858FAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9fab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 159, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.081 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bbc4',
    500: '#4e9fab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9fab;
$custom-light: #88bbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9fab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.742,
    "s": 37.349,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65641,
    "c": 0.08073,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9FAB

secondary

#C19A94

accent

#695ACD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9FAB

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

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