#4E9490#4E9490

#4E9490 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.071 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9490
RGB	rgb(78, 148, 144)
HSL	hsl(177, 31%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(177, 47%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 0%, 2.7%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.89, -23.05, -4.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.89, 23.53, 191.59°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% -0.0699 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.071 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.7638, 24.8116, 30.1805)
Luminance	0.2481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9490 #944E52

analogous

#4E946D #4E9490 #4E7594

triadic

#4E9490 #904E94 #94904E

tetradic

#4E9490 #6D4E94 #944E52 #75944E

square

#4E9490 #6D4E94 #944E52 #75944E

split-complementary

#4E9490 #944E75 #946D4E

monochromatic

#244442 #396C69 #4E9490 #6DB2AE #95C7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#4E9490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#4E9490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9490

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9490	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	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)

#8D8E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818591

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A9793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 148, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.071 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b3b0',
    500: '#4e9490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9490;
$custom-light: #85b3b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.571,
    "s": 30.973,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61978,
    "c": 0.07114,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9490

secondary

#B48A8C

accent

#6166C7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9490

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

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