#4E9585#4E9585

#4E9585 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.076 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9585
RGB	rgb(78, 149, 133)
HSL	hsl(166, 31%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(166, 48%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 0%, 10.7%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.89, -26.39, 1.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.89, 26.44, 176.62°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% -0.0762 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.076 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.1212, 24.8066, 26.0190)
Luminance	0.2481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9585 #954E5E

analogous

#4E9562 #4E9585 #4E8295

triadic

#4E9585 #854E95 #95854E

tetradic

#4E9585 #624E95 #954E5E #82954E

square

#4E9585 #624E95 #954E5E #82954E

split-complementary

#4E9585 #954E82 #95624E

monochromatic

#24453D #396D61 #4E9585 #6DB3A3 #96C8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#4E9585 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#4E9585 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9585

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9585	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9585	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)

#908D84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858586

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#319790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9585;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 149, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.076 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b4a8',
    500: '#4e9585',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9585;
$custom-light: #84b4a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9585",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.479,
    "s": 31.278,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61871,
    "c": 0.07627,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9585

secondary

#B48A94

accent

#6078C7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9585

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

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