#4EB9CE#4EB9CE

#4EB9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.101 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB9CE
RGB	rgb(78, 185, 206)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -24.28, -19.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 31.29, 219.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.0853 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.101 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6268, 40.7705, 64.5833)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB9CE #CE634E

analogous

#4ECEA3 #4EB9CE #4E79CE

triadic

#4EB9CE #CE4EB9 #B9CE4E

tetradic

#4EB9CE #A34ECE #CE634E #79CE4E

square

#4EB9CE #A34ECE #CE634E #79CE4E

split-complementary

#4EB9CE #CE4E79 #CEA34E

monochromatic

#23707F #309AAE #4EB9CE #7ECCDB #AEDFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4EB9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#4EB9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB9CE

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB9CE	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 185, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.101 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcedd',
    500: '#4eb9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb9ce;
$custom-light: #8dcedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.844,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.732,
    "c": 0.10137,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB9CE

secondary

#D7AAA1

accent

#6148E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB9CE

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

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