#4E9599#4E9599

#4E9599 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.072 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9599
RGB	rgb(78, 149, 153)
HSL	hsl(183, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(183, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 2.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, -21.12, -9.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 22.96, 203.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% -0.0671 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.072 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.6368, 25.4128, 34.0012)
Luminance	0.2541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9599 #99524E

analogous

#4E9977 #4E9599 #4E6F99

triadic

#4E9599 #994E95 #95994E

tetradic

#4E9599 #774E99 #99524E #6F994E

square

#4E9599 #774E99 #99524E #6F994E

split-complementary

#4E9599 #994E6F #99774E

monochromatic

#254648 #396E70 #4E9599 #6FB2B5 #97C7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#4E9599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#4E9599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9599

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9599	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#229996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 149, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.072 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b4b7',
    500: '#4e9599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9599;
$custom-light: #85b4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.2,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6254,
    "c": 0.07159,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9599

secondary

#B78E8C

accent

#655FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9599

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

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