#4E9596#4E9596

#4E9596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.071 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9596
RGB	rgb(78, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(181, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 0.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.38, -21.95, -7.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.38, 23.17, 198.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% -0.0685 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.071 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.3922, 25.3150, 32.7126)
Luminance	0.2532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9596 #964F4E

analogous

#4E9673 #4E9596 #4E7196

triadic

#4E9596 #964E95 #95964E

tetradic

#4E9596 #734E96 #964F4E #71964E

square

#4E9596 #734E96 #964F4E #71964E

split-complementary

#4E9596 #964E71 #96734E

monochromatic

#244545 #396D6E #4E9596 #6EB2B3 #96C8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#4E9596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#4E9596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9596

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9596	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	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)

#8D8F96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#249995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.071 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b4b4',
    500: '#4e9596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9596;
$custom-light: #85b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.833,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62433,
    "c": 0.07147,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9596

secondary

#B58B8B

accent

#6160C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9596

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

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