#4E9592#4E9592

#4E9592 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.072 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9592
RGB	rgb(78, 149, 146)
HSL	hsl(177, 31%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 48%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 0%, 2%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.26, -23.03, -5.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.26, 23.64, 193.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% -0.0702 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.072 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.0756, 25.1883, 31.0452)
Luminance	0.2519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9592 #954E51

analogous

#4E956F #4E9592 #4E7595

triadic

#4E9592 #924E95 #95924E

tetradic

#4E9592 #6F4E95 #954E51 #75954E

square

#4E9592 #6F4E95 #954E51 #75954E

split-complementary

#4E9592 #954E75 #956F4E

monochromatic

#244543 #396D6B #4E9592 #6DB3B0 #96C8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#4E9592 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#4E9592 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9592

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9592	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9592	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8F92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818693

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#289894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9592;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 149, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.072 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b4b1',
    500: '#4e9592',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9592;
$custom-light: #85b4b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9592",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.465,
    "s": 31.278,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62294,
    "c": 0.07178,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9592

secondary

#B48A8C

accent

#6065C7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F5

border

#CBD0CF

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9592

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

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