#4E9697#4E9697

#4E9697 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.072 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9697
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 151)
HSL	hsl(181, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 0.7%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, -22.19, -7.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 23.42, 198.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% -0.0692 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.072 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6319, 25.6651, 33.1915)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9697 #974F4E

analogous

#4E9774 #4E9697 #4E7197

triadic

#4E9697 #974E96 #96974E

tetradic

#4E9697 #744E97 #974F4E #71974E

square

#4E9697 #744E97 #974F4E #71974E

split-complementary

#4E9697 #974E71 #97744E

monochromatic

#244646 #396E6F #4E9697 #6EB3B4 #96C8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#4E9697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#4E9697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9697

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9697	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	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)

#8E9097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#239A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.072 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b5b5',
    500: '#4e9697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9697;
$custom-light: #85b5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.822,
    "s": 31.878,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62714,
    "c": 0.07225,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9697

secondary

#B68C8B

accent

#6160C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9697

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

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