#4E9399#4E9399

#4E9399 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.070 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9399
RGB	rgb(78, 147, 153)
HSL	hsl(185, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(185, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 3.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, -20.07, -9.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 22.39, 206.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% -0.0647 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.07 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3231, 24.7854, 33.8966)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9399 #99544E

analogous

#4E9979 #4E9399 #4E6D99

triadic

#4E9399 #994E93 #93994E

tetradic

#4E9399 #794E99 #99544E #6D994E

square

#4E9399 #794E99 #99544E #6D994E

split-complementary

#4E9399 #994E6D #99794E

monochromatic

#254548 #396C70 #4E9399 #6FB0B5 #97C6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#4E9399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#4E9399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9399

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9399	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#229895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 147, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.070 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b3b7',
    500: '#4e9399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9399;
$custom-light: #85b3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.8,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62051,
    "c": 0.07029,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9399

secondary

#B7908C

accent

#685FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9399

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

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