#4E9796#4E9796

#4E9796 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.073 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9796
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 150)
HSL	hsl(179, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 0%, 0.7%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.99, -22.98, -6.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.99, 23.88, 195.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% -0.0709 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.073 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.7113, 25.9532, 32.8190)
Luminance	0.2596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9796 #974E4F

analogous

#4E9771 #4E9796 #4E7497

triadic

#4E9796 #964E97 #97964E

tetradic

#4E9796 #714E97 #974E4F #74974E

square

#4E9796 #714E97 #974E4F #74974E

split-complementary

#4E9796 #974E74 #97714E

monochromatic

#244646 #396F6E #4E9796 #6EB4B3 #96C9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#4E9796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#4E9796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9796

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9796	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#249B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.073 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b6b4',
    500: '#4e9796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9796;
$custom-light: #85b6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.178,
    "s": 31.878,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62925,
    "c": 0.07312,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9796

secondary

#B68B8C

accent

#6061C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9796

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

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