#4E969E#4E969E

#4E969E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.073 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E969E
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 158)
HSL	hsl(186, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(186, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 5.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, -20.24, -11.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 23.12, 208.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% -0.0662 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.073 205)
XYZ	xyz(20.2174, 25.8993, 36.2748)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E969E #9E564E

analogous

#4E9E7E #4E969E #4E6E9E

triadic

#4E969E #9E4E96 #969E4E

tetradic

#4E969E #7E4E9E #9E564E #6E9E4E

square

#4E969E #7E4E9E #9E564E #6E9E4E

split-complementary

#4E969E #9E4E6E #9E7E4E

monochromatic

#26484C #3A6F75 #4E969E #71B1B9 #9AC8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4E969E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#4E969E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E969E

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E969E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E969E	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C919F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B9B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e969e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.073 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5ba',
    500: '#4e969e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e969e;
$custom-light: #86b5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e969e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62968,
    "c": 0.07299,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.25901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E969E

secondary

#BA938E

accent

#695ECA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E969E

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

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