#4E9696#4E9696

#4E9696 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.072 H 195.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9696
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 150)
HSL	hsl(180, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 0%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.69, -22.46, -6.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.69, 23.52, 197.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% -0.0697 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.072 195.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.5510, 25.6327, 32.7656)
Luminance	0.2563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9696 #964E4E

analogous

#4E9672 #4E9696 #4E7296

triadic

#4E9696 #964E96 #96964E

tetradic

#4E9696 #724E96 #964E4E #72964E

square

#4E9696 #724E96 #964E4E #72964E

split-complementary

#4E9696 #964E72 #96724E

monochromatic

#244545 #396E6E #4E9696 #6EB3B3 #96C8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#4E9696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#4E9696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9696

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9696	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#249A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.072 195.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b5b4',
    500: '#4e9696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9696;
$custom-light: #85b5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62679,
    "c": 0.07228,
    "h": 195.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9696

secondary

#B58B8B

accent

#6060C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9696

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

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