#4E9591#4E9591

#4E9591 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.072 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9591
RGB	rgb(78, 149, 145)
HSL	hsl(177, 31%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 48%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 0%, 2.7%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, -23.30, -4.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 23.79, 191.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% -0.0707 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.072 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9981, 25.1573, 30.6373)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9591 #954E52

analogous

#4E956E #4E9591 #4E7695

triadic

#4E9591 #914E95 #95914E

tetradic

#4E9591 #6E4E95 #954E52 #76954E

square

#4E9591 #6E4E95 #954E52 #76954E

split-complementary

#4E9591 #954E76 #956E4E

monochromatic

#244543 #396D6A #4E9591 #6DB3AF #96C8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#4E9591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#4E9591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9591

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9591	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828692

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#299894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 149, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.072 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b4b1',
    500: '#4e9591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9591;
$custom-light: #85b4b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.62,
    "s": 31.278,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6226,
    "c": 0.07193,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9591

secondary

#B48A8D

accent

#6066C7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F5

border

#CBD0CF

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9591

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

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