#4E9990#4E9990

#4E9990 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.076 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9990
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 144)
HSL	hsl(173, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 5.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.43, -25.59, -2.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.43, 25.70, 185.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% -0.0759 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.076 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5651, 26.4141, 30.4476)
Luminance	0.2642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9990 #994E57

analogous

#4E996A #4E9990 #4E7C99

triadic

#4E9990 #904E99 #99904E

tetradic

#4E9990 #6A4E99 #994E57 #7C994E

square

#4E9990 #6A4E99 #994E57 #7C994E

split-complementary

#4E9990 #994E7C #996A4E

monochromatic

#254844 #39706A #4E9990 #6FB5AD #97CAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#4E9990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#4E9990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9990

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9990	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868991

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#289C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.076 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7b0',
    500: '#4e9990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9990;
$custom-light: #85b7b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.8,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63217,
    "c": 0.07627,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9990

secondary

#B78C91

accent

#5F6CC9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9990

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

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