#4E969C#4E969C

#4E969C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.073 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E969C
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 156)
HSL	hsl(185, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(185, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, -20.81, -10.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 23.14, 205.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.067 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.073 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0466, 25.8310, 35.3755)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E969C #9C544E

analogous

#4E9C7B #4E969C #4E6F9C

triadic

#4E969C #9C4E96 #969C4E

tetradic

#4E969C #7B4E9C #9C544E #6F9C4E

square

#4E969C #7B4E9C #9C544E #6F9C4E

split-complementary

#4E969C #9C4E6F #9C7B4E

monochromatic

#25484A #3A6F73 #4E969C #70B2B7 #99C8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4E969C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#4E969C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E969C

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E969C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E969C	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D919C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E9B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e969c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.073 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5b9',
    500: '#4e969c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e969c;
$custom-light: #86b5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e969c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62894,
    "c": 0.07261,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E969C

secondary

#B8918D

accent

#675EC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E969C

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

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