#4E958D#4E958D

#4E958D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.073 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E958D
RGB	rgb(78, 149, 141)
HSL	hsl(173, 31%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 48%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 0%, 5.4%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.11, -24.35, -2.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.11, 24.50, 186.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% -0.0725 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.073 186)
XYZ	xyz(18.6951, 25.0361, 29.0414)
Luminance	0.2504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E958D #954E56

analogous

#4E9569 #4E958D #4E7A95

triadic

#4E958D #8D4E95 #958D4E

tetradic

#4E958D #694E95 #954E56 #7A954E

square

#4E958D #694E95 #954E56 #7A954E

split-complementary

#4E958D #954E7A #95694E

monochromatic

#244541 #396D67 #4E958D #6DB3AB #96C8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#4E958D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#4E958D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E958D

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E958D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E958D	1.00	3.50	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83858E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C9892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e958d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 149, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.073 186.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b4ae',
    500: '#4e958d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e958d;
$custom-light: #85b4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e958d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.239,
    "s": 31.278,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62126,
    "c": 0.07289,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.25038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E958D

secondary

#B48A8F

accent

#606CC7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E958D

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

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