#4E939E#4E939E

#4E939E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.072 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E939E
RGB	rgb(78, 147, 158)
HSL	hsl(188, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(188, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.03, -18.66, -12.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.03, 22.48, 213.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% -0.0626 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.072 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.7448, 24.9541, 36.1172)
Luminance	0.2496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E939E #9E594E

analogous

#4E9E81 #4E939E #4E6B9E

triadic

#4E939E #9E4E93 #939E4E

tetradic

#4E939E #814E9E #9E594E #6B9E4E

square

#4E939E #814E9E #9E594E #6B9E4E

split-complementary

#4E939E #9E4E6B #9E814E

monochromatic

#26474C #3A6D75 #4E939E #71AFB9 #9AC6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#4E939E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#4E939E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E939E

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E939E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E939E	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898E9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C859E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D9896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e939e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 147, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.072 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b3ba',
    500: '#4e939e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e939e;
$custom-light: #86b3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e939e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.25,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62238,
    "c": 0.07153,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E939E

secondary

#BA948E

accent

#6D5ECA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E939E

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

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