#4E9797#4E9797

#4E9797 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.073 H 195.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9797
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 151)
HSL	hsl(180, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 0%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.02, -22.70, -7.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.02, 23.77, 197.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% -0.0704 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.073 195.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.7922, 25.9856, 33.2449)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9797 #974E4E

analogous

#4E9773 #4E9797 #4E7397

triadic

#4E9797 #974E97 #97974E

tetradic

#4E9797 #734E97 #974E4E #73974E

square

#4E9797 #734E97 #974E4E #73974E

split-complementary

#4E9797 #974E73 #97734E

monochromatic

#244646 #396F6F #4E9797 #6EB4B4 #96C9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#4E9797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#4E9797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9797

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9797	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#239B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.073 195.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b6b5',
    500: '#4e9797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9797;
$custom-light: #85b6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 31.878,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6296,
    "c": 0.07305,
    "h": 195.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9797

secondary

#B68B8B

accent

#6060C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9797

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

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