#4E9FAE#4E9FAE

#4E9FAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.082 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9FAE
RGB	rgb(78, 159, 174)
HSL	hsl(189, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 8.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.19, -20.36, -15.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.19, 25.49, 216.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% -0.0699 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.082 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1770, 29.4698, 44.5030)
Luminance	0.2947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9FAE #AE5D4E

analogous

#4EAE8D #4E9FAE #4E6FAE

triadic

#4E9FAE #AE4E9F #9FAE4E

tetradic

#4E9FAE #8D4EAE #AE5D4E #6FAE4E

square

#4E9FAE #8D4EAE #AE5D4E #6FAE4E

split-complementary

#4E9FAE #AE4E6F #AE8D4E

monochromatic

#285259 #3B7884 #4E9FAE #77B6C2 #A1CDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#4E9FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#4E9FAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9FAE

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9FAE	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)

#939AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 159, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.082 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bbc6',
    500: '#4e9fae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9fae;
$custom-light: #88bbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.375,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65756,
    "c": 0.08178,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9FAE

secondary

#C29D96

accent

#6C5ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9FAE

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

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