#4E9790#4E9790

#4E9790 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.074 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9790
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 144)
HSL	hsl(174, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 0%, 4.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, -24.58, -3.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 24.81, 187.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% -0.0735 -0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.074 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2405, 25.7649, 30.3394)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9790 #974E55

analogous

#4E976C #4E9790 #4E7997

triadic

#4E9790 #904E97 #97904E

tetradic

#4E9790 #6C4E97 #974E55 #79974E

square

#4E9790 #6C4E97 #974E55 #79974E

split-complementary

#4E9790 #974E79 #976C4E

monochromatic

#244643 #396F6A #4E9790 #6EB4AD #96C9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4E9790 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#4E9790 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9790

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9790	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9790	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#909090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848791

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#299A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9790;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.074 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b6b0',
    500: '#4e9790',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9790;
$custom-light: #85b6b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9790",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.247,
    "s": 31.878,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62721,
    "c": 0.07416,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9790

secondary

#B68B8F

accent

#606AC8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9790

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

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