#4E9491#4E9491

#4E9491 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.071 H 191.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9491
RGB	rgb(78, 148, 145)
HSL	hsl(177, 31%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(177, 47%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 0%, 2%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.92, -22.78, -5.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.92, 23.38, 192.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% -0.0695 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.071 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.8406, 24.8423, 30.5848)
Luminance	0.2484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9491 #944E51

analogous

#4E946E #4E9491 #4E7494

triadic

#4E9491 #914E94 #94914E

tetradic

#4E9491 #6E4E94 #944E51 #74944E

square

#4E9491 #6E4E94 #944E51 #74944E

split-complementary

#4E9491 #944E74 #946E4E

monochromatic

#244442 #396C6A #4E9491 #6DB2AF #95C7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#4E9491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#4E9491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9491

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9491	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818592

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#299793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 148, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.071 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b3b1',
    500: '#4e9491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9491;
$custom-light: #85b3b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.429,
    "s": 30.973,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62013,
    "c": 0.07099,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9491

secondary

#B48A8C

accent

#6165C7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F5

border

#CBD0CF

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9491

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

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