#4E9291#4E9291

#4E9291 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.069 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9291
RGB	rgb(78, 146, 145)
HSL	hsl(179, 30%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(179, 47%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.6%, 0%, 0.7%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, -21.75, -6.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 22.61, 195.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.52% -0.067 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(61.52% 0.069 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.5296, 24.2203, 30.4811)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9291 #924E4F

analogous

#4E926F #4E9291 #4E7192

triadic

#4E9291 #914E92 #92914E

tetradic

#4E9291 #6F4E92 #924E4F #71924E

square

#4E9291 #6F4E92 #924E4F #71924E

split-complementary

#4E9291 #924E71 #926F4E

monochromatic

#234242 #396A69 #4E9291 #6CB1B0 #94C6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4E9291 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#4E9291 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9291

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9291	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9291	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8392

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A9691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9291;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 146, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.069 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b2b1',
    500: '#4e9291',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9291;
$custom-light: #85b2b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9291",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.118,
    "s": 30.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61519,
    "c": 0.06918,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9291

secondary

#B3898A

accent

#6163C7

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F5F5

border

#CBCFCF

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9291

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

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