#4E9795#4E9795

#4E9795 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.073 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9795
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 149)
HSL	hsl(178, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 0%, 1.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, -23.25, -6.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 24.01, 194.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.0713 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.073 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6311, 25.9212, 32.3967)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9795 #974E50

analogous

#4E9770 #4E9795 #4E7597

triadic

#4E9795 #954E97 #97954E

tetradic

#4E9795 #704E97 #974E50 #75974E

square

#4E9795 #704E97 #974E50 #75974E

split-complementary

#4E9795 #974E75 #97704E

monochromatic

#244645 #396F6D #4E9795 #6EB4B2 #96C9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4E9795 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#4E9795 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9795

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9795	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9795	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)

#8F9195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#259B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9795;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.073 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b6b4',
    500: '#4e9795',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9795;
$custom-light: #85b6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9795",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.356,
    "s": 31.878,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62891,
    "c": 0.07321,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9795

secondary

#B68B8C

accent

#6063C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9795

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

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