#4EA9BA#4EA9BA

#4EA9BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.089 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA9BA
RGB	rgb(78, 169, 186)
HSL	hsl(189, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(189, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 9.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, -22.03, -16.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 27.77, 217.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% -0.0762 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.089 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1892, 33.5382, 51.5382)
Luminance	0.3354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA9BA #BA5F4E

analogous

#4EBA95 #4EA9BA #4E73BA

triadic

#4EA9BA #BA4EA9 #A9BA4E

tetradic

#4EA9BA #954EBA #BA5F4E #73BA4E

square

#4EA9BA #954EBA #BA5F4E #73BA4E

split-complementary

#4EA9BA #BA4E73 #BA954E

monochromatic

#285C66 #398492 #4EA9BA #7ABECB #A6D4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#4EA9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#4EA9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA9BA

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA9BA	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B97BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 169, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.089 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2ce',
    500: '#4ea9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea9ba;
$custom-light: #8ac2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.444,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6862,
    "c": 0.08943,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA9BA

secondary

#CAA29A

accent

#6854D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA9BA

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

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