#4E9593#4E9593

#4E9593 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.072 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9593
RGB	rgb(78, 149, 147)
HSL	hsl(178, 31%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 48%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 0%, 1.3%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.29, -22.76, -5.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.29, 23.50, 194.43°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% -0.0698 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.072 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.1537, 25.2196, 31.4566)
Luminance	0.2522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9593 #954E50

analogous

#4E9570 #4E9593 #4E7495

triadic

#4E9593 #934E95 #95934E

tetradic

#4E9593 #704E95 #954E50 #74954E

square

#4E9593 #704E95 #954E50 #74954E

split-complementary

#4E9593 #954E74 #95704E

monochromatic

#244544 #396D6B #4E9593 #6DB3B1 #96C8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4E9593 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#4E9593 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9593

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9593	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9593	1.00	3.47	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.47	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)

#8D8F93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818694

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#279994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9593;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 149, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.072 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b4b2',
    500: '#4e9593',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9593;
$custom-light: #85b4b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9593",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.31,
    "s": 31.278,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62328,
    "c": 0.07165,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9593

secondary

#B48A8C

accent

#6063C7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F5

border

#CBD0CF

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9593

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

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