#4E968B#4E968B

#4E968B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.075 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E968B
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 139)
HSL	hsl(171, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(171, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 0%, 7.3%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.36, -25.37, -1.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.36, 25.40, 182.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% -0.0746 -0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.075 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.7065, 25.2949, 28.3177)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E968B #964E59

analogous

#4E9667 #4E968B #4E7D96

triadic

#4E968B #8B4E96 #968B4E

tetradic

#4E968B #674E96 #964E59 #7D964E

square

#4E968B #674E96 #964E59 #7D964E

split-complementary

#4E968B #964E7D #96674E

monochromatic

#244540 #396E66 #4E968B #6EB3A9 #96C8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4E968B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#4E968B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E968B

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E968B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E968B	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)

#908F8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D9893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e968b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.075 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b5ac',
    500: '#4e968b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e968b;
$custom-light: #85b5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e968b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.833,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62309,
    "c": 0.07471,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E968B

secondary

#B58B91

accent

#6070C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E968B

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

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