#4EB9CA#4EB9CA

#4EB9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.100 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB9CA
RGB	rgb(78, 185, 202)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -25.45, -17.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 31.03, 214.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0869 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.1 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1471, 40.5787, 62.0566)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB9CA #CA5F4E

analogous

#4ECA9D #4EB9CA #4E7BCA

triadic

#4EB9CA #CA4EB9 #B9CA4E

tetradic

#4EB9CA #9D4ECA #CA5F4E #7BCA4E

square

#4EB9CA #9D4ECA #CA5F4E #7BCA4E

split-complementary

#4EB9CA #CA4E7B #CA9D4E

monochromatic

#246E79 #3298A8 #4EB9CA #7DCCD8 #ACDEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4EB9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#4EB9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB9CA

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB9CA	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 185, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.100 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cceda',
    500: '#4eb9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb9ca;
$custom-light: #8cceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.226,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73047,
    "c": 0.09987,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB9CA

secondary

#D4A7A0

accent

#5F4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB9CA

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

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