#4E9496#4E9496

#4E9496 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.071 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9496
RGB	rgb(78, 148, 150)
HSL	hsl(182, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 1.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.08, -21.43, -7.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.08, 22.83, 200.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% -0.0673 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.071 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.2346, 24.9999, 32.6601)
Luminance	0.2500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9496 #96504E

analogous

#4E9674 #4E9496 #4E7096

triadic

#4E9496 #964E94 #94964E

tetradic

#4E9496 #744E96 #96504E #70964E

square

#4E9496 #744E96 #96504E #70964E

split-complementary

#4E9496 #964E70 #96744E

monochromatic

#244545 #396C6E #4E9496 #6EB2B3 #96C7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#4E9496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#4E9496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9496

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9496	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8E96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#259894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 148, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.071 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b3b4',
    500: '#4e9496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9496;
$custom-light: #85b3b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.667,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62187,
    "c": 0.07069,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9496

secondary

#B58C8B

accent

#6360C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9496

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

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