#4E9494#4E9494

#4E9494 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.071 H 195.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9494
RGB	rgb(78, 148, 148)
HSL	hsl(180, 31%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(180, 47%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 0%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.01, -21.97, -6.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.01, 23.01, 197.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.12% -0.0681 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(62.12% 0.071 195.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0750, 24.9360, 31.8192)
Luminance	0.2494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9494 #944E4E

analogous

#4E9471 #4E9494 #4E7194

triadic

#4E9494 #944E94 #94944E

tetradic

#4E9494 #714E94 #944E4E #71944E

square

#4E9494 #714E94 #944E4E #71944E

split-complementary

#4E9494 #944E71 #94714E

monochromatic

#244444 #396C6C #4E9494 #6DB2B2 #95C7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#4E9494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#4E9494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9494

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9494	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)

#8C8E94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808595

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#279894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 148, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.071 195.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b3b3',
    500: '#4e9494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9494;
$custom-light: #85b3b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 30.973,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62117,
    "c": 0.07071,
    "h": 195.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9494

secondary

#B48A8A

accent

#6161C7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9494

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

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