#4E9495#4E9495

#4E9495 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.071 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9495
RGB	rgb(78, 148, 149)
HSL	hsl(181, 31%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 48%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 0.7%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.04, -21.70, -7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.04, 22.92, 198.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% -0.0677 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.071 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.1544, 24.9678, 32.2378)
Luminance	0.2497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9495 #954F4E

analogous

#4E9573 #4E9495 #4E7195

triadic

#4E9495 #954E94 #94954E

tetradic

#4E9495 #734E95 #954F4E #71954E

square

#4E9495 #734E95 #954F4E #71954E

split-complementary

#4E9495 #954E71 #95734E

monochromatic

#244445 #396C6D #4E9495 #6DB2B3 #96C7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#4E9495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#4E9495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9495

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9495	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	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)

#8C8E95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#269894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 148, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.071 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b3b4',
    500: '#4e9495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9495;
$custom-light: #85b3b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.845,
    "s": 31.278,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62152,
    "c": 0.07068,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9495

secondary

#B48B8A

accent

#6260C7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9495

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

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