#4E9699#4E9699

#4E9699 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.072 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9699
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 153)
HSL	hsl(182, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, -21.64, -8.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 23.27, 201.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% -0.0683 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.072 199)
XYZ	xyz(19.7957, 25.7306, 34.0541)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9699 #99514E

analogous

#4E9976 #4E9699 #4E7099

triadic

#4E9699 #994E96 #96994E

tetradic

#4E9699 #764E99 #99514E #70994E

square

#4E9699 #764E99 #99514E #70994E

split-complementary

#4E9699 #994E70 #99764E

monochromatic

#254748 #396E70 #4E9699 #6FB3B5 #97C8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#4E9699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#4E9699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9699

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9699	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#219A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.072 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5b7',
    500: '#4e9699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9699;
$custom-light: #86b5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.4,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62786,
    "c": 0.07229,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.25732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9699

secondary

#B78E8C

accent

#635FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9699

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

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