#4E9693#4E9693

#4E9693 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.073 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9693
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 147)
HSL	hsl(178, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 0%, 2%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, -23.27, -5.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 23.89, 193.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% -0.071 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.073 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3126, 25.5373, 31.5096)
Luminance	0.2554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9693 #964E51

analogous

#4E966F #4E9693 #4E7596

triadic

#4E9693 #934E96 #96934E

tetradic

#4E9693 #6F4E96 #964E51 #75964E

square

#4E9693 #6F4E96 #964E51 #75964E

split-complementary

#4E9693 #964E75 #966F4E

monochromatic

#244544 #396E6C #4E9693 #6EB3B1 #96C8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#4E9693 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#4E9693 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9693

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9693	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9693	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828694

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#279A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9693;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.073 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b5b2',
    500: '#4e9693',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9693;
$custom-light: #85b5b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9693",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.5,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62575,
    "c": 0.07255,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9693

secondary

#B58B8D

accent

#6064C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F5

border

#CBD0CF

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9693

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

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