#4D9996#4D9996

#4D9996 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.076 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D9996
RGB	rgb(77, 153, 150)
HSL	hsl(178, 33%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 50%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, -24.23, -5.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 24.89, 193.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.074 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.076 192)
XYZ	xyz(19.9546, 26.5605, 32.9234)
Luminance	0.2656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D9996 #994D50

analogous

#4D9970 #4D9996 #4D7699

triadic

#4D9996 #964D99 #99964D

tetradic

#4D9996 #704D99 #994D50 #76994D

square

#4D9996 #704D99 #994D50 #76994D

split-complementary

#4D9996 #994D76 #99704D

monochromatic

#244846 #39706E #4D9996 #6DB6B3 #96CAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#4D9996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#4D9996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D9996

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D9996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D9996	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#209D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d9996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 153, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.076 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7b4',
    500: '#4d9996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d9996;
$custom-light: #85b7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d9996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.632,
    "s": 33.043,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63376,
    "c": 0.07562,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.26562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D9996

secondary

#B78B8D

accent

#5F63C9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D9996

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

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