#4E9595#4E9595

#4E9595 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.071 H 195.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9595
RGB	rgb(78, 149, 149)
HSL	hsl(180, 31%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 48%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 0%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.35, -22.22, -6.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.35, 23.27, 197.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% -0.0689 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.071 195.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.3120, 25.2829, 32.2903)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9595 #954E4E

analogous

#4E9572 #4E9595 #4E7295

triadic

#4E9595 #954E95 #95954E

tetradic

#4E9595 #724E95 #954E4E #72954E

square

#4E9595 #724E95 #954E4E #72954E

split-complementary

#4E9595 #954E72 #95724E

monochromatic

#244545 #396D6D #4E9595 #6DB3B3 #96C8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4E9595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#4E9595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9595

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9595	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8F95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818696

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#259995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 149, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.071 195.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b4b4',
    500: '#4e9595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9595;
$custom-light: #85b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 31.278,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62398,
    "c": 0.07149,
    "h": 195.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9595

secondary

#B48A8A

accent

#6060C7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9595

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

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