#4E9799#4E9799

#4E9799 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.073 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9799
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 153)
HSL	hsl(182, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 1.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.09, -22.16, -8.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.09, 23.59, 200.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% -0.0695 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.073 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.9560, 26.0511, 34.1075)
Luminance	0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9799 #99504E

analogous

#4E9975 #4E9799 #4E7199

triadic

#4E9799 #994E97 #97994E

tetradic

#4E9799 #754E99 #99504E #71994E

square

#4E9799 #754E99 #99504E #71994E

split-complementary

#4E9799 #994E71 #99754E

monochromatic

#254748 #396F70 #4E9799 #6FB4B5 #97C9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#4E9799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#4E9799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9799

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9799	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#219B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.073 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b6b7',
    500: '#4e9799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9799;
$custom-light: #86b6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.6,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63031,
    "c": 0.07303,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9799

secondary

#B78D8C

accent

#625FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9799

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

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