#4EA5B2#4EA5B2

#4EA5B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.085 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA5B2
RGB	rgb(78, 165, 178)
HSL	hsl(188, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 7.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.13, -22.30, -14.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.13, 26.69, 213.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% -0.075 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.085 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6296, 31.7420, 46.9397)
Luminance	0.3174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA5B2 #B25B4E

analogous

#4EB28D #4EA5B2 #4E73B2

triadic

#4EA5B2 #B24EA5 #A5B24E

tetradic

#4EA5B2 #8D4EB2 #B25B4E #73B24E

square

#4EA5B2 #8D4EB2 #B25B4E #73B24E

split-complementary

#4EA5B2 #B24E73 #B28D4E

monochromatic

#29565D #3B7E88 #4EA5B2 #79BBC5 #A3D0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#4EA5B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#4EA5B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA5B2

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA5B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA5B2	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999FB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8994B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea5b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 165, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.085 208.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c0c9',
    500: '#4ea5b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea5b2;
$custom-light: #89c0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea5b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.8,
    "s": 39.37,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67354,
    "c": 0.08528,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA5B2

secondary

#C49D98

accent

#6859CF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA5B2

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

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