#4E9FAD#4E9FAD

#4E9FAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.081 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9FAD
RGB	rgb(78, 159, 173)
HSL	hsl(189, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 8.1%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.16, -20.65, -14.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.16, 25.42, 215.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% -0.0703 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.081 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.0798, 29.4310, 43.9915)
Luminance	0.2943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9FAD #AD5C4E

analogous

#4EAD8C #4E9FAD #4E70AD

triadic

#4E9FAD #AD4E9F #9FAD4E

tetradic

#4E9FAD #8C4EAD #AD5C4E #70AD4E

square

#4E9FAD #8C4EAD #AD5C4E #70AD4E

split-complementary

#4E9FAD #AD4E70 #AD8C4E

monochromatic

#285159 #3B7883 #4E9FAD #77B7C2 #A1CDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#4E9FAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#4E9FAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9FAD

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9FAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9FAD	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9fad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 159, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.081 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bbc5',
    500: '#4e9fad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9fad;
$custom-light: #88bbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9fad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.842,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65717,
    "c": 0.0814,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9FAD

secondary

#C29C95

accent

#6B5ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9FAD

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

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