#4E9793#4E9793

#4E9793 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.073 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9793
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 147)
HSL	hsl(177, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 0%, 2.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, -23.78, -4.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 24.29, 191.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% -0.0722 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.073 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4728, 25.8578, 31.5630)
Luminance	0.2586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9793 #974E52

analogous

#4E976E #4E9793 #4E7797

triadic

#4E9793 #934E97 #97934E

tetradic

#4E9793 #6E4E97 #974E52 #77974E

square

#4E9793 #6E4E97 #974E52 #77974E

split-complementary

#4E9793 #974E77 #976E4E

monochromatic

#244644 #396F6C #4E9793 #6EB4B0 #96C9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4E9793 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#4E9793 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9793

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9793	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9793	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	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)

#909093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838794

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#269A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9793;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.073 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b6b2',
    500: '#4e9793',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9793;
$custom-light: #85b6b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9793",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.712,
    "s": 31.878,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62822,
    "c": 0.07349,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9793

secondary

#B68B8E

accent

#6065C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F5

border

#CBD0CF

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9793

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

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