#4E9396#4E9396

#4E9396 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.070 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9396
RGB	rgb(78, 147, 150)
HSL	hsl(183, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(183, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 2%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.77, -20.91, -8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.77, 22.51, 201.76°)
OKLab	oklab(61.94% -0.066 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(61.94% 0.07 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.0785, 24.6875, 32.6080)
Luminance	0.2469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9396 #96514E

analogous

#4E9675 #4E9396 #4E6F96

triadic

#4E9396 #964E93 #93964E

tetradic

#4E9396 #754E96 #96514E #6F964E

square

#4E9396 #754E96 #96514E #6F964E

split-complementary

#4E9396 #964E6F #96754E

monochromatic

#244445 #396C6E #4E9396 #6EB1B3 #96C6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#4E9396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#4E9396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9396

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9396	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8D96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8496

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#259794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 147, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.070 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b3b4',
    500: '#4e9396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9396;
$custom-light: #85b3b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61942,
    "c": 0.06994,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9396

secondary

#B58D8B

accent

#6460C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9396

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

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