#4EA9BB#4EA9BB

#4EA9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.090 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA9BB
RGB	rgb(78, 169, 187)
HSL	hsl(190, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, -21.74, -17.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 27.85, 218.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% -0.0758 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.09 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2959, 33.5809, 52.1000)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA9BB #BB604E

analogous

#4EBB97 #4EA9BB #4E73BB

triadic

#4EA9BB #BB4EA9 #A9BB4E

tetradic

#4EA9BB #974EBB #BB604E #73BB4E

square

#4EA9BB #974EBB #BB604E #73BB4E

split-complementary

#4EA9BB #BB4E73 #BB974E

monochromatic

#285D67 #398493 #4EA9BB #7ABECC #A6D4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#4EA9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#4EA9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA9BB

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA9BB	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B97BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 169, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.090 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2cf',
    500: '#4ea9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea9bb;
$custom-light: #8ac2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.908,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68659,
    "c": 0.08983,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA9BB

secondary

#CAA29B

accent

#6954D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA9BB

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

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